they/them: portraits from the gilded closet

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e created from scans of the phot ographs in the au thor’s collection of Cabi net Cards & Cartes de Visite from the American Gilded Age, 1865 to 1900. I discovered much about the photogra phers who took these im ages, but found ne xt to nothing about the people themse lves. So, in a sense, they were already in a “metaphoric” clos et, their inner se lves hidden forever be hind the outer se lves captured by the ca mera. ‑Max Singer





Widow’s Peek






Transition #12




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Red, white & blue


Brother Wives/Sister Wives




Transition #22



Cosplay



Heads or Tails


On The Flip Side




Dress Up


topsy/turvy






Traini ng Ses sion


White Wedding


Spinster



Peek-a-boo


Doubles or Nothing


Purple Prose



Kathen /Kenath


Extreme Discipline




Change Of Life




Hat Trick




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Soldier Girl


carnavales de brasil



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