About Me
I'm a queer as f*ck BA Fashion Photography graduate
Logan is a young creative-queer-mind that stretches the limits of what it means to be a fashion photographer. Delving into concepts explored usually within the world of fine art practice, bringing everything they explore to life through their manic creative process - all informed by a deep understanding of the skill of photography.
As a creative, I like to explore my own self and the experiences I have had in my life so far. Usually centring on my queer identity and how that has interacted with other aspects of my world. Taking from academic sources as a way to inform myself on the theory around my life and also the life of my friends; looking at writings of Judith Butler, Jack Halberstam, and many other queer theorists. My work represents my unique voice, not necessarily aiming for any type of social justice but purely existing as an extension of myself.
INSPIRATION
As queer people, we get to choose our family, and I chose mine well.
My inspiration for this project started by looking at queer history and pulling from large cultural references such as Paris Is Burning or the events of The Stonewall riots in 1969. Through this, I started to gain a bigger sense of community than I had done before and started looking at the group of LGBT+ creatives I kept around me - my friends, fellow performers, or club kids in the same scene as myself. Pictured on the right are some of those people.
I felt like a lot of the work I had been seeing of LGBT+ themed imagery (whether fine art, fashion, or one of the other sub-genres) was always either sexual images of naked, typically attractive guys or pictures of drag artists getting ready for a show. After my dissertation "How We Were Oppressed and Why It Matters: An Examination of Creative Queer Excellence" I made the decision to focus on a project theme that looked more at the celebration of queer identities, specifically those within my own world.
MY WORK
PORTFOLIOS
Cover of Queer Ethology
Forward from Queer Ethology
Author's Note from Queer Ethology
Shh Annuunt Introduction Page from Queer Ethology
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Amor Ludo Introduction Page from Queer Ethology
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Omnem Viam Introduction Page from Queer Ethology
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Emma Affiligeretur Introduction Page from Queer Et
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Special Thanks Page from Queer Ethology
DETAIL
I kept my team very small. Just me, the model, and an assistant.
The motif within my work that I created for this project was queer celebration and community. I carried this concept not only through the visuals but also through the production of my work. My models were all life-long friends of mine so we already had this understanding of each other, that made shooting them a lot easier - but also a lot more fun. This was reinforced by having a mutual friend (one who was also LGBT+) being the assistant on the shoot with me, someone who added to the energy of shooting and was also a creative - currently completing a BA at Plymouth University. I also found that having only LGBT+ people involved with my project streamlimed the production processes since they all 'got' what I was trying to portray without needing me to explain the nuances of my project. This also unlocked avenues of visual exploration for me, since everyone involved had a different viewpoint or different emotion linked to my concept - since they all understood, at a deeper level, what I wanted to portray.
"Don't dream it, be it" - Dr Frank N Furter
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