“I Am____”: Portraits Illuminating Identity – Craig Harrison Creative
The portraits in this exhibit are a small fraction of the photographs taken during Catamount Arts LGBTQIA+ centered events in 2023 and 2024. From the very beginning, it quickly became clear to me that those attending these events were yearning to be seen, to be appreciated, and to be celebrated. The stiffness of posed photographs in a normal setting was gone. In its place was the joy that comes from self expression without fear or pretense.
It makes the job of a photographer easy. Get the lighting right, keep things in focus, and don’t take your finger off the shutter. There was magic happening right in front of my lens. All I had to do was keep up.
The results are some of the most expressive, honest portraits I’ve ever taken.
During three events, I shot over 3000 frames and photographed literally hundreds of people from all walks of life. Every one of my models had a story about what brought them to a drag show in Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom. In this exhibit, we look at just a few.
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