Ambulatory Archives

Whether capturing the diversity of the LGBTQ community, the panoramic geometries of Los Angeles freeways, or the abstract beauty of ice-fishing houses in rural Minnesota, Catherine Opie’s photographs constitute a rich portrait of contemporary America. Opie (@csopie) first gained attention in the early 1990s for her photographs of transgender women and men, drag queens, “leather dykes,” and others who fall outside traditionally assigned gender roles. With their formal composition and vivid, monochromatic backdrops, these images of sexual subcultures use art-historical tropes of photographic and painterly portraiture to cast light on communities unexamined by mainstream America.
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