‘Alone Time,’ Photo Series By JJ Levine, Challenges Traditional Notions Of Gender
Posted in: Today's Chili“Alone Time” is a striking and nuanced photo series by Montreal-based artist JJ Levine that seeks to explore issues of gender identity and queer space. Utilizing one model to portray two characters in each photo, the subject of each image in the series embodies both a male and female character within a single frame.
As a queer and trans identifying artist, Levine attempts to challenge mainstream notions of gender and sexuality through “Alone Time,” as well delegitimize the rigid nature of the male/female gender binary. “I never alter body shapes or gender traits digitally,” Levine told The Huffington Post in an email. “These images are convincing by no means other than costume, makeup, pose, and gesture. This technical detail further demonstrates that bodies and gender presentations can be malleable or subject to change without the help of airbrushing or other digital techniques to create such an optical illusion.”
The Huffington Post chatted with Levine about the artist’s inspiration behind “Alone Time,” the desire to explore notions of gender and gender performance through these images and the ways in which this project will contribute to a larger conversation surrounding gender identity.
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