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 From 2003 to 2018, Sarah Wong followed and photographed the lives of cross-gendered children. She was invited into their homes, schools, and daily life activities; proving they are regular children that are living the lives they have always wanted.