Inside Out, Cross Gender Children: Chiel
Artwork
Medium:
Digital Photograph
Date:
2005 – 2009
Dimensions:
Artworks -
Height: 30 in
Width: 40 in
Description:
Three separate images next to each other in a row. First one has a close up image of a man with short black hair in a black sweatshirt. The second had two people, and man and a woman, kissing. The third image has the man with no shirt on, hugging the woman in a black bathing suit.
Historical Context:
“Gender-dysphoric children are searching from the depths of their being for a new identity. But how, as a photographer, can you show with any subtlety that girls are physically boys and vice versa?†– Sarah Wong, 2010. In this group of work, the artist is drawn to idealistic and delicate subjects that demand a very positive approach. In the Dutch daily newspaper ‘De Volkskrant,’ Sarah published a striking series of portraits in 2003 of cross-gender children titled ‘Inside Out.’ The portraits were published to make people aware and to inform them about this vulnerable group.