For the Glory of God: Portraits of LGBT Catholics

 

Fainaru no Kontakuto Shiito

 

Proud to Serve

These photos were presented in the above manner.

Asainmento 3 no Konshepputo

For assignment 3, we were instructed to come up with a photo essay. I decided to cover LGBT people in uniforms. I originally wanted to do two photos of each subject, one of them in uniform, one of them indicating that they're LGBT. But, I've decided instead that I would like to do one photograph, just of the them in uniform, and have it with a quote from them about hardships (or lack of hardships) that they've faced.

By uniform, I mean military, police, firefighter, boy scout, athlete, or even priest.

I've already taken two photos for this assignment. These are the unedited copies of them:

Priest of the North American Old Catholic Church

Former Marine in USO-Inspired Drag

Ichiban Suki na Shashin

Now I get to post one of my favorite photographs that I've taken - although not for this class. There are a few but I'm going to stick to two.

This photo was taken of my boyfriend at the time, posed to imitate an earlier photo of him taken by his mother. I edited the photo to make it look vintage.

Taken outside Kyoto in Japan, this is one of my favorite images. I love the composition, the moment, the color, and the lighting.

Nippu to Taakku

Nip and Tuck! Editing is a beautiful thing when it comes to photography.

Before:

After:

Besides the addition of a white border, quite a bit of editing went into this photograph. I burnt (darkened) the sofa, some parts of the wall, and Tatianna's butt, legs, and arm. I also enhanced the colors a bit, and sharpened the image by increasing the darks (I accidentally shot with too high an ISO and tried desperately to salvage this photo).

Yuumei na Shashinka no Onajiisou na Shashin

For this post, I had to look through my photographs and find one that's similar to another photographer's work.

The photo I chose, one for my third assignment, reminded me of Cindy Sherman's work. Cindy does a lot of queer photography, and great queer portraits. While she usually does portraits like this with a backdrop, it reminded me most of her.