In 2010 iO Tillett Wright began a project called Self Evident Truths, photographing anyone that felt like they qualified to fall on some part of the LGBTQ spectrum, from bisexual, to transgender. On Saturday, April 28, Self Evident Truths comes to Denver. The photographer will be at X Bar on from 11am to 5pm.
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Shot in simple black and white, in natural light, with no makeup or styling, the photos were intended to humanize the very varied face of gays in America today. “Guess what, we look just like you, your mother, your brother, or the coworker sitting right next to you.”
Around fifty portraits were shot in the two weeks that she had, and were presented in stacks in a gallery in Los Angeles, to be taken away by viewers, for free.
Struck by the powerful impact of the project, even on such a small
scale, iO set her sights on taking the project national. Now, her aim is
to photograph anyone in the United States that is, or EVER has been,
anything other than 100% straight. The ultimate goal is between 5,000
and 10,000 portraits.
