Molly Landreth and James Saslow at CUNY

On Monday, September 30, Robert Giard fellow Molly Landreth engaged in a freewheeling conversation with art history professor James Saslow at a capacity filled forum at the City University Graduate Center.  Ms. Landreth spoke in great detail about the work that led to her 2010-11 Giard fellowship winning multi-platform visual survey “EMBODIMENT: A Portrait of Queer Life in America.”

Commenting on Embodiment, Ms. Landreth stated that it “is a multimedia archive and a journey through a rapidly changing community and the lives of people who offer brave new visions of what it means to be queer in America today. Stopping in churches, parks, high school classrooms, backyards and bedrooms, I have collaborated with individuals from both urban and rural areas for over 6 years.  Created as a joint effort with participants who boldly stand in front of my lens,  t reveals images of love and survival, creative forms of gender expression and the ever changing anatomy of a family. It is my hope that these photographs, written statements, and short films will become a lasting archive for generations to come.² The Robert Giard Foundation is proud to have this supported this project.

You can see more of Ms. Landreth work by visiting: www.embodimentusa.com