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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.

Current Exhibitions Featuring Lindsay Morris

H E L L D R I L L

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 coming soon

HELL DRILL, How Do You Prepare for a School Shooting was a simulated mass casualty shooting at a Long Island, New York, high school intended to train first responders about the agonizing choices they would face during a real shooting spree.

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Archive Exhibitions Featuring Lindsay Morris

You Are You

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands
 archive : 2014

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.

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