The Place Between

Unfolding Video using pre-production mockup. color and crispness of final book more accurate to accompanying images

Conceived at the onset of the pandemic, after returning from an artist-in residence at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, The Place Between is a fold out photo book connecting body to place in an ever changing landscape.  With a blend of photographs created at Cascade Head and Portland, OR, through the lens of my trans masculine identity, the book reveals the complexity of transition, the sacredness of gender expansive identities, and seeing those expressions as a vital part of the natural environment.

Sized at 5 ¼” x 7 ½” when closed, The Place Between unfolds to include 16 original images unfurling to a full size of 26 ½” x 30 ⅓” 

Each book will include a  5 x 7 card with an additional image, statement, acknowledgements, artist signature, and edition information.  

The Place Between will be printed in two limited editions:

10% of all sales will be donated to TransActive Gender Project, which focuses on empowering transgender and gender expansive children, youth, and their families to live healthy lives free of discrimination.  https://graduate.lclark.edu/programs/continuing_education/transactive/

Thank you to the Regional Art and Culture Council of Oregon, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and Blue Sky Gallery for helping to shape this project through the programming and funding that you provide. 

I am grateful to  Brittney Cathey-Adams, Lisa De-Grace, Melinda Hurst Frye, Selena Kearney, Tara Champion, Elisa Clements, Anne Greenwood, Kent Smith, Pomegranate Doyle, Nancy Conescu, David McCutchen, Bryonie Arnold, and my family Jon Duell and Lily Galluzzo.  Your support, encouragement, and guidance have been integral in this process.   

Most importantly, I give thanks to Sitka Spruce, Moss, and Elk, for teaching me what it feels like to be fully witnessed, so that I may be fully present in witnessing all living things in return.