Dangling bodies, transgender men in OSU photo exhibit

The Oregon State University Photography Faculty Exhibition featuring the work of Julia Bradshaw, Kerry Skarbakka and Lorenzo Triburgo is on exhibit through March 10 at the Fairbanks Gallery at Oregon State University, 220 SW 26th St., Corvallis.

Bradshaw's "Sketch-book" is a series of silver-gelatin photographic images. It is part of a larger series about the veracity of the photographic image at a time when both photography and books have become digital.

Skarbakka used climbing gear and other rigging to photograph his body dangling from dangerous precipices or tumbling down stairs. The ambiguity of his body's position in space allows viewers to resolve the photographs' meanings.

Triburgo's "Transportraits" is a series of unlikely heroic portraits of transgender men against a created environment. The series examines representations of American masculinity and identity. Influenced by 19th century artists, including John Singer Sargent and Alfred Jacob Miller, Triburgo references classic and contemporary portraiture.

Admission is free. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. For more information, contact Douglas Russell at (541) 737-5009 or drussell@oregonstate.edu.

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