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Family Photos: Queer Representation in the Comer Collection
Saturday, April 26, 2025 11am to 4pm
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Family Photos: Queer Representation in the Comer Collection
There’s power in the collective demand to be seen, to be dignified as human, especially in photographs, when lopsided histories can be righted, and new stories can rise from the ashes of erasure. Representing oneself through pictures, when agency and authority lie solely with the imagemaker, makes the demand to be seen an act of bravery—What if my likeness is rejected, or worse, denied?—and an act of refusal—I will not let anyone else determine my existence. I am who I show you I am. The gift of visibility also extends to photographs, highlighting the intimate relationship between the photographer, the subject, and the viewer, too, who bears witness after the fact. And that’s what the photographs in Family Photos are: invitations. A selection of thirty images from the Comer Collection of Photography at the University of Texas at Dallas, curated by Director Diane Durant, will be on view in the SP/N Gallery March 28 – April 30, with an opening reception on March 28, 6:30 – 8:30. Attendees are encouraged to bring shelf-stable food items to be collected throughout the run of the show which will be donated to Synergy Wesley, a non-profit organization that welcomes and affirms all students from UT Dallas, Collin College, and Dallas College.
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 11:00am to 4:00pm
More dates through May 23, 2025
Location
SP/N Gallery
3020 Stewart Dr, Richardson, TX 75080
Cost
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free
Department
- Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
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Contact Information
- Brian Scott
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Undergraduate Students, Faculty & Staff, Alumni, General Public, Prospective Students, Graduate Students, International Students
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