Jess Dugan utilizes their skilled observation and keen awareness of the dynamics of portraiture to pose questions on love, loss, risk, trust and belonging. Sixty poetic images possessed of affection and agency, are intermixed with poignant and highly personal prose, to create an object of beauty and an accompaniment to the trials and triumphs of a fully lived life. In this conversation, Jess Dugan discusses, among other things:Following desireBeing led by attractionLooking to pictures to learnRegulating the emotional space of portraitureEthics of carePractice as processProtecting creative spaceExpanding the gaze - beyond identityCapturing ambiguityPersonal storytelling as a model of possibilityReferenced in the episodeEvery Breath We Drew - Jess T Dugan To Survive on This Shore - Jess T Dugan, Vanessa Fabbre Strange Fire Collective - Rafael Soldi, Jess T Dugan, Hamidah Glasgow, Zora J. MurffFine Arts Workshop Provincetown - Intimate Portraits led by Jess T DuganThe Queer Indigenious Artists Reclaiming a Fluid Sense of Gender - The New York Times Style MagazineNotes on Fundamental Joy - Carmen WinantBrainstorm - Rebecca M. Jordan-YoungIn Lieu of Flowers - Caleb ColeArt After Stonewall 1969-1989 - WeinbergBecoming Sisters: Women Photography Collective & OrganizationsJess Dugan Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

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