iO Tillet Wright is a street photographer is most well known for his editorial and fine art endeavors. Most recently, his 'Self Evident Truths' project allowed him to travel America, photographing candid portraits of hundreds of people in the LGBTQ community. His street photography is shot in black and white, and whether scenery of people, his main focus is to stop the stigma of individuals who identify out the the 'norm' when it comes to gender and sexuality. During his project 'Self Evident Truths' he traveled across 77 cities in 39 states and shot over 8400 people shooting thousands of portraits and telling thousands of stories about people in the LGBTQ community.
As previously mentioned, Wright shoots all his photographs in black and white; most of his images have a very dark background compared to the brightly lit subject. I can not find to much information on what camera he uses but it mentions on his blog that he usually uses a 35mm lens. From looking at her blog her main focus is on people in the LGBTQ community and he shows the members off through a series of portraits, these either being behind a solid background and most likely posed, to candid shots of people in clubs or just generally outside in everyday situations. From looking at his photography it seems like he does a look of his work a night time, therefore a fill flash is used to completely brighten her subject.
Although his images are in stereotypically dark and therefore depressing colours, the mood that come off of them is the complete opposite. A lot of his subject are laughing, smiling of seem like the are genuinely having a good time which is quite the contrast. His main message throughout all of his photography work is that 'Gender shouldn't have any labels' he is trying to show how 'You shouldn't have to check a single box and squish yourself into it'. The reason his passion for this is so strong is because after living the first six years of his life as a girl, he decided he wanted to be a boy. But at aged 14, he wanted to explore what it meant to be a girl and identified as a girl for many years after that. Luckily Wright had a family who supported his decision but like the thousands of people in the LGBTQ community who didn't have the love and support, Wright wanted the stereotypes and stigmas to change.
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