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“I think of my work as being about queer community and chosen family. I’m not trying to represent any broader “queer community” – just my specific queer community of friends.”
“I think of my work as being about queer community and chosen family. I’m not trying to represent any broader “queer community” – just my specific queer community of friends.”
In Montreal, during the month of September, the McCord Museum presented Levine's Queer Photographs, a retrospective exhibition featuring a selection from his photograph projects , Queer Portraits, Alone Time, and Switch.
To stand among the large-scale, 52 photographs, was an incredible moment. The settings he constructs - the styling and the colours, contrasting the quiet stillness of his subjects, achieves, when taking them all in at once, an overwhelming connective experience. You can't help but feel one with these slice of life moments he builds so well. He places you there. And yes, the nonbinary, transmasculine photographer’s work questions the representation of traditional binary gender roles. His artistry, however, is his ability to bring forth their humanity. And it is quite an accomplishment, at that.
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Levine has two books, Queer Portraits and Switch.
“In my Switch and Alone Time projects I’m directly engaging with the viewer about assumptions regarding bodies, anatomy, identity and gender. I’m using one model to portray both a male and a female character, and by a single person convincingly embodying polarized gender roles, I am asking the audience to question their perception of gender and sexuality — hopefully even their own identity.”
“The people that I photograph are really important to me, so I really do hope my work will broaden our image culture and open minds.”
