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Community Image Project - Success !!!

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simontvuk is a group administrator simontvuk says:

One of the main aims of this project is to present a positive image of the TG community to the general public. To that end, we have been chasing up a few possibilities for exhibiting photos from the collection "in the real world" (i.e. beyond just doing stuff at Sparkle ;o)

I just heard recently that we have been successful and a community image project proposal has been accepted by the International Conference on Digital Live Art , which will be held in Leeds this September. This will involve the presentation of an installation based on the community image project photos to be exhibited at Leeds Metropolitan Gallery. This represents quiet a foray into the mainstream as this isn't a TG event but an international, peer-reviewed digital arts conference and exhibition.

The images that will form part of the installation can be seen in the following Flickr set:

www.flickr.com/photos/68941062@N00/sets/1211822/

A big thanks to the following people who submitted the images that are going to be used:
Eve SF, Jay Wilson, April Angell, Lynn Baxter, Kath Everson, Laura Handbag, Gwen Tenebrae, Becky EnVerite, Samantha, Ann Moore, Joanna Nicholls, Nir Nussbaum, Jane Maybe, Sally Payne, Desert Diva, Kat Sydney, Alex TGirl, Gillian Stuart, Vicky, Avery Outthere, Cerys Conner, Isobel C, Dys Viz, Katie Marsh, Nina Dass, Vicky Harrison, Jenny-Anne Bishop, Elen Heart, Zoe Bergstroem.
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Maegluin  Pro User  says:

Congratulations to all those people who's work has been selected, and a hearty well-done to everyone behind the scenes who made this possible.
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Jenny-Anne Bishop UK says:

Hi Simon & Lesley,
Well done, that's great news.
It certainly puts the photo's into a much more mainstream Exhibition.

Do you want us to submit further photo's to the Transgender comunnity image photo pool?.

I will continue to try to show positive images of TG people in
the wider community as well as in the TG community.
I'm not a proffesional photographer, but try hard to produce reasonable images. It's also nice to be able to present my and
my friends pictures as a non-proffessional.

My pictures are never of people trying to hide, I simply prefer to show
my friends at ordinairy events without the General Public invading the picture, unless it's relevant to the scene..
I will try in future to sometimes Show TG people as part of the general community.

Best Wishes for the Exhibition.

Jenny-Anne
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simontvuk is a group administrator simontvuk says:

Hiya Jenny-Anne,

we're delighted that the proposal has been selected for the conference and exhibition. It's a small set, but one in the right direction. The community image project is on-going and so is open to submissions at all times. We basically just spin out a subset of images from time to time to create an exhibition. High quality images from real people (not just professional photographers) is what we are all about, so keep them coming !

Simon and Lesley
TGCI project
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Dawn Wyvern says:

Hi Simon
wow - congrats !!
All that work has finaly paid off!
hugs
Dawn
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Julie Edwards Uk  Pro User  says:

Well Done... That is fantastic news!
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simontvuk is a group administrator simontvuk says:

Thanks for all the well wishes folks :o)
The real work was done by all the photographers out there who submitted images to the pool. We've just picked the fluff off and presented them in a suitable way. This conference and exhibition is just a small step forward, but hopefully it's in the right direction. With any luck it may lead to bigger and better things, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Simon and Lesley
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simontvuk is a group administrator simontvuk says:

The installation took place on Monday 10th September at Old Broadcasting House in Leeds:

www.flickr.com/photos/68941062@N00/1417084240/

The installation was very well received and we got some excellent feedback from conference attendees. We should find out in the next few weeks if there is going to be any follow-ups or any possible future exhibitions.

Thanks again to everyone who contributed !

Simon
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