alexpascualart: Androgyny - Sasha Stéfan Art Images

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Androgyny - Sasha Stéfan Art Images - PHOTO SET

androgynous: adjective

partly male and partly female in appearance; of indeterminate sex.

-The Oxford dictionary

I had the pleasure of partaking in a photo set put on by Sasha "Stéfan" and Jacqueline "Javs" Ann Cables and joining model Eileen Mello. The Initial idea proposed was glam, but the theme morphed into a discussion about androgyny and the blurring of gender lines.

FULL GALLERY: Sasha Stéfan Art Images - Androgyny

http://www.ssaimages.com/Concept/Androgeny/

Inspired from early pioneers and challengers of gender roles such as Frida Kahlo and David Bowie to more contemporary individuals, models Andrej Pejić and Casey Legler, for instance. All have, in one way or another, either challenged, experimented, or uniquely identified with the way gender and sex is represented as individuals.

VIDEO: Casey Leger - Male Models: The Female of the Species

Rather than completely reverse identities like drag or other contrasting of gender forms of bending, androgyny has the interesting ability to blend and blur the lines of sexual identity and shine in its subtlety. Androgyny can have the strange ability to represent both sexes while almost simultaneously doing away with both all together.

This was a great opportunity to not only explore gender and identity from a different perspective, but also a new experience in art; being the subject of a composition rather than filling the role of a painter or sculptor creating the piece. In no way do I have illusions of being a professional model, but I would like to continue experimenting being in front of the camera. Thank you again to my gracious collaborators: Sasha, Jacqueline, and Eileen.

Of course we had to include the obligatory "bathroom party" shots :P