#documentingdysphoria

This is the last week to see my exhibit at @viewpoint_photo_artcenter! If you haven’t stopped by yet you can still check it out this Friday 7/1 and Saturday 7/2 during gallery hours 12-5pm at 2015 J Street in Sacramento. If you come through feel free to leave a note or reflection in the notebook! Thank you to everyone who stopped by the artist reception or came to see the show so far! If you aren’t able to come in person you can still support the project by purchasing a print via the gallery website (link in bio). 8x10s are $60 and 16x20s are $350. 10% of print sale proceeds will be donated to the @transqueeryouthcollective a local trans-led non profit support trans and queer youth in Sacramento. Hope you can stop by! #DocumentingDysphoria #genderdysphoria #photoexhibit #sacramento (at Viewpoint Photographic Art Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfdR-OLLnz7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Mira (she/her/hers) Documenting Dysphoria “I’m a binary transgender woman. So for me, there’s the social dysphoria and the body dysphoria. Those are really the two components. I’ve noticed, at least in my experience, that one or the other is stronger in different people. For me, it means that mixture of not only not being able to live as your gender in the world, which is the social aspect, but also just that basic dis-congruence with your body itself.” What are some situations where you feel gender dysphoria? “It’s usually when something suddenly reminds me that I’m trans, or somebody particularly reminds me of that. Like when I’ll suddenly get excluded in a conversation in a certain way.” “This is the example of an environment inducing [gender dysphoria] for you. You’re at a job and suddenly people start treating you differently because they find out you’re trans. I finally got this one teaching job. I could tell [the principal] didn’t know until after I’d already taken the job because he needed to hire somebody really quick because they lost a teacher right before the semester started. So he got the background check back after it already started. And then he’s all, ‘Well I don’t care as long as you teach.’ But he wasn’t very friendly about it. Then he probably told somebody or somebody found out or they just figured it out. Then all of a sudden my coworkers are treating me very differently and they’re very cold and evasive and somewhat hostile. And then all of a sudden the parents found out and then even the kids wouldn’t respect me because if neither the other teachers nor the parents are, they just don’t feel obligated to. So it just made teaching there a nightmare. I was going there everyday trembling. And then I would go there and then halfway through the day I’ve locked the door for lunch and I’m crying in my classroom and I just finally quit. There was one day when I just said, ‘This is my last day here.’ I didn’t even give them two weeks notice. I couldn’t stay.” ———— Sharing some photos published on NPR from my ongoing project “Documenting Dysphoria” exploring what gender dysphoria feels like. (Link in bio.) #documentingdysphoria #genderdysphoria https://www.instagram.com/p/CCW4ZPLlsC9/?igshid=1tyzr7e7hk5gh

I’ve got some photos exhibiting in Sacramento this month from my “Documenting Dysphoria” project. They are on display at the Sacramento LGBT Community Center through December 1! The new center is at 2012 K St. and they are open 10am-6pm M-F. Stop by and take a look if you get a chance. Also I’m traveling all month to take more photos for this project so I can apply for more grant funding. Please send good vibes that I eventually land one of these grants. Baltimore-DC-Athens-Cincinnati-Louisville-Nashville-Memphis-Oklahoma-Albuquerque-Phoenix-San Diego-LA-Fresno-Oakland-Sacramento #salgufiles #documentingdysphoria #genderdysphoria #transvisibiltymonth #LGBTQ #photolife #sacramentolgbtcommunitycenter #featuredartist #exhibitiondebut (at The Sacramento LGBT Community Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4n1KFUFlg2/?igshid=n29od7eppu2r

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today we honor the trans lives lost to violence and suicide over the last year. It’s important to remember those who are currently living as well. Here’s a photo from my ongoing project exploring what gender dysphoria feels like shared on @womenphotograph a few weeks ago. As someone who is non-binary I was grateful to be a mentee in a group who seeks to be inclusive of people outside the binary as well. #documentingdysphoria #tdor #translivesmatter #documentaryphotography #Repost @womenphotograph with @get_repost ・・・ Photo by @salguwissmath | Cricket (she/her) | Documenting Dysphoria | “I have this memory. I just moved to this new town. There were a bunch of kids who I got to know and I played with a little bit. There were girls and boys. Part of the play place was a lake. I didn’t want to do what it looked like the guys wanted to do. The girls didn’t quite accept me. Neither one was fitting for me at that time. I remember going over to the other side of the street, sitting on the bridge overlooking the brook that fed the lake, and just wondering what I am. Am I an alien? I was about five.“ Salgu Wissmath is a nonbinary photographer based in Houston, TX. Their current work explores the intersections of conceptual documentary and photojournalism. They are dedicated to decolonizing the field of photography through their personal work, which focuses on stories by and for people of color and the queer community. This week we are sharing the work of photographers from our 2017-2018 mentorship program. The program pairs 22 industry leaders (11 photographers and 11 photo editors) with 22 early-career photojournalists over the course of a year. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqaaPn5l-in/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=92rzgzv1btsa

If you haven’t yet, go now (or this weekend) to behold the awesomeness of #documentingdysphoria and @salguwissmath!!!

Decompressing after a successful opening reception for my Master's Show! Also my parents got to see the exhibit and my mom prepared all the snacks. Thanks to everyone who showed up! #mastersshow #gradschoollife #viscomou #viscomgallery #documentingdysphoria (at School of Visual Communication, Ohio University - Athens)

Check out my my Master's Show this week! Opening Reception is Tuesday April 10, 2018 at 7 p.m. in the @viscomgallery on the first floor of Schoonover at Ohio University. The exhibit will run all week Monday, April 9- Friday, April 13. Gallery hours are 9a.m.-5p.m. @viscomohiou @scrippscollegeou @oulgbtcenter #ohiouniversity #viscomou #scrippscollege #gradschoollife #mastersproject #documentingdysphoria #genderdysphoria (at School of Visual Communication, Ohio University - Athens)

Making progress on my masters project documenting dysphoria. This is Dani (he/they). For Dani, gender dysphoria "is like going through your day and not feeling like you are wearing a mask or a costume. And then suddenly becoming aware that to the rest of the world you're in costume, even though you feel like this is the most true authentic you." #documentingdysphoria