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Lindsay Morris
Lindsay Morris
Lindsay Morris
Lindsay Morris
Lindsay Morris

You Are You documents an annual weekend summer camp for gender non-conforming children and their families. This camp offers a temporary safe haven where children can freely express their interpretations of gender alongside their parents and siblings without feeling the need to look over their shoulders.

This body of work speaks out against intolerance while sharing with the viewer the beautiful spark of these children. I intend for the essay to serve as a guidepost for parents and the general public who struggle with their own uncertainties and prejudices with regard to the gender unique population.

This is a place of acceptance. A place which can serve as a model for a society in which the first generation of children able to express an openly gender variant childhood will come of age.

Artist Bios

  • Lindsay Morris

    Lindsay Morris is a photographer best known for her documentary work on youth, marginalized communities, and the state of democracy in America.

    She is a producer of the 2016 BBC documentary My Transgender Summer Camp and the upcoming feature Mom, I Have Something to Tell You. Her monograph You Are You (Kehrer Verlag, 2015), which documents a summer camp for gender-expansive children, received international acclaim. She is currently traveling the country producing The Kids of Camp I Am, a decade-later follow-up series.

    Her photography has been widely published in The New York Times Magazine, TIME, New York Magazine, Scientific American, GEO, Marie Claire, and Elle. Her work is held in private and public collections, including The Parrish Art Museum (Water Mill, NY) and The Newport Art Museum (RI).

    Morris was a featured TED Speaker at TEDWomen 2023; her talk was published in March 2024. She was a 2024 Artist in Residence at The Watermill Center (NY) and received both a 2024 NYSCA Grant and the 2023 NYFA/JGS Fellowship for Photography.

    She holds a BFA from the University of Michigan School of Art. Her passion for photography began during a Rotary Exchange year in South Africa. She continued her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the School for International Training (Kenya), and in Ann Arbor, MI.

Organizations

  • United Photo Industries (UPI)

    United Photo Industries (UPI)

    United Photo Industries (UPI) is a New York based nonprofit organization that works to promote a wider understanding of, and increased access to, the art of photography.

    Since its founding in 2011, UPI has rapidly solidified its position in the public art landscape by continuing to showcase thought-provoking, challenging, and exceptional photography from across the globe. In its first seven years, UPI has presented the work of more than 2,500 visual artists in gallery exhibitions and public art installations worldwide.

You Are You

 archive : 2014

Featuring: Lindsay Morris

Curated by: Sam Barzilay

Presented by: United Photo Industries (UPI)
  • United Photo Industries (UPI)

Locations

View Location Details Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands

Brooklyn,
NY 11201

Location open 24 hours

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