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For my first response I replicated film stills from the film 'The Godfather'. This response I tried to replicate by myself which proved difficult, I struggled to find a plain white background which I could position myself close enough too, additionally trying to use props in the image was difficult and felt out of place while trying to take the image myself. For my next responses I asked somebody else to photograph me so that I could focus more precisely on the expressions.
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For my third response I tried with printing the cyanotype liquid on a thicker piece of card. The issue that I had with this development is that it was difficult to get a consistent spread of the chemicals on the images because the paper was thiner the paper started to curl and it made it harder to spread.
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Lemon Juice (bottom to top)
10min,30min, 1hr, 1hr 30min, 2hr |
Rubbing alcohol (top to bottom)
10min,1hr,2hr |
After trying out different solutions I thought it would be best to move onto more damaging prints. I deiced soak the prints in lemon juice and monster energy drink overnight to see if anything will happen. I will begin to use a bleach solution and also applying pure bleach and cleaning bleach directly onto the print for a more dramatic effect.
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Print using both pure bleach and bath cleaner (spray)
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After leaving the prints I noticed that there was no clear distressing on the print. the soaked bleach solution created an interesting effect however I felt that it dulled the print rather than spreading the colours from the print. On the image beside you can see the different methods of applying bleach that I had tried. I found that using a spray bottle of bleach for cleaning bathrooms to provide the best results. I would spray the print and then tried to provide an even coating around the print. I then left them for around two minutes, by that time the prints had began rise in the centre, saturating the sides of the print. I would then rinse the print to prevent further bleaching.
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L (He/Him)
My gender makes me feel very isolated. I don't really see people with the same approach to gender as me anywhere. It's part of everything I do and I can't ever divide myself from my gender |
Maya (She/Her)
For me, my gender helps me identify with where I see myself in society, and how I choose to present myself |
Toprak (He/Him)
Gender is a way of identification for me. No matter how you identify yourself, you are still a human and should be treated as such |
K (She/They)
For me gender is a way to feel comfortable in my skin and I think that gender is fluid and even though sometimes it takes struggle, my gender is my way of expressing myself |
E (They/Them)
I don't know what gender means to me but I think people's gender is never only one thing |
N (any pronouns)
For me my gender constantly changes and fluctuates, to the point where sometimes I don't know what it is. I look in the mirror and only see me. |
M (He/him They/Them)
To me, gender feels like the ability to take my life into my hands and reshape it and go 'this is going to be what I want to be not what you think it is supposed to be' |
Ruby (She/Her)
For me, gender is empowerment, it allows me to express myself |
Bobbi (She/Her)
Gender is synonymous with identity. It forms a part of you, but ultimately it's up for you to decide |
My name is Rita, I am a trans woman in my forties. My journey to this point has been hard, I am not accepted in many communities- but the bond that I have made with other trans people are amongst the strongest that I've ever felt
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These are my oestrogen patches. It took me three years to get them on the NHS. This was one of the darkest dates in my life. I had to fund self medication- without it I don't know if I would still be here
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Before I agree to meet with a man on a dating app, I insist that he brings a bottle of Cava. It's important to me that we share It before anything happens. This is to ensure that my guest treats me like a human being and not as a fetish.
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Getting ready to meet someone, I always feel spread before meeting somebody new. I am always concerned about what they think of me and what image they have contorted in their mind of what I am.
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I've always felt a connection to Hinduism especially yellmidevi- who s the female deity who protects the trans and non binary sex workers
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My future feels uncertain. I'm convened that my life won't get any better. I feel connected to nature but I'm scared to go outside for fear of abuse. I try to make the most of the times that I go outside
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My name is Dan, I am 17 and identify as non-binary due to a lack of a better term. I am only out to a small group of people as I don't feel like many people understand my gender identity
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Growing up I spent a lot of my time in Soho. This was one of my first exposures to queer dinettes. Soho Square was where I first saw two men kissing, which made me question my sexuality (for the first time)
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I have hope for (a) the day when non-binary identifies gain legal recognition however I don't think this will be for a very long time
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This was the street where I met my first date while presenting as feminine. I borrowed one of my mum's dresses and he took me out to dinner. It was the first time I left comfortable enough to express myself to a partner
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I grew up in a christian household with 'traditional values' ingrained into me from a young age. This made me repress my queer identity. As a result this has made me loose my connection to my religious roots
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Although I am not out to my family I connived my parents to take me to an exhibition about gender and art. I hoped this helped my parents understand who I actually am.
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My face is the part of me that looks the most masculine. I look at my face in every mirror I pass to remind myself that I CAN look like a man, as otherwise I would be left with my body and it's hard to see myself as masculine when looking at it
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I'm scared I won't be able to invite some of my family members to my wedding because they won't want to see me getting married as a man. I'm also worried that they'd spend the whole day mourning the loss of their 'daughter' and complaining about not being able to give me away
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I have grown to relate to this book after coming to terms with my gender identity. The idea of 'acting' relates to having to perform 'cisness'. I empathise with the writers insecurity of feeling 'inferior' compared to other men, especially what the idea that sex is what makes a man's body attractive
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