About this project
Bring faces out from the shadows by placing them front and center in my portraits. Many homeless transgendered teens have been traumatized by the loss of their families, their homes and often, their dignity. I will use lovingly produced photographs as a way to help heal some of the pain caused by all of that loss and create images that reveal their humanity. A humanity that we can share and connect to.
Working directly with the two largest organizations that work tirelessly to help this under-served community, I will make both studio and exterior portraits of the kids, shot on film and then enlarged into outsized platinum and palladium prints; far and away the most elegant of all photographic processes.
The money will go to provide stipends for the kids, direct contributions to the service organizations and help me to pay for film, studio time and to retro-fit a lab to create these oversized prints -and to purchase the chemicals to create handmade emulsion (literally pulverized platinum!) and to import paper from France.
The resulting series will culminate with a large gallery show in New York City and throughout the world. Expanding recognition, awareness and compassion.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on April 4, 2011.
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A real US postage stamp featuring one of the images from the series, Becoming Visible. Spread awareness and create visibility the old fashioned way - snail mail!
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The above reward, plus a copy of the world's shortest poem (and one of my favorites) composed by Muhammad Ali, hand written by me on Strathmore water color paper. The poem: "Me, We."
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All of the above, plus an invitation to the preview and opening of the resulting gallery show.
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All of the above, plus a limited edition 8 x 10 silver gelatin print from the series, Becoming Visible, signed and numbered by the artist.
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All of the above, plus an invitation to the post opening dinner following the gallery opening
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All of the above, plus a test print from the new series.
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A 20 x 24 " limited edition print from either the first or the second series.
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A 30 x 40" limited edition silver gelatin print from either the first or second series.
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For the past 25 years, Josh Lehrer has been an integral part of New York’s artistic community. He began his career as an actor, appearing on stage, screen and television in wide variety of roles. He later found his real passion in photography, but brought his actor’s sense of realism and irony to his photographic works. Him most recent body of work, featuring large scale cyanotypes of homeless trans-gendered teenagers was recently given a show at Robert Miller Gallery in Chelsea.
For seven years, Josh served as the director of Showtime Network’s still photography, and oversaw all of its series, film, and identity campaigns.
Now that Josh has his own business, his work has focused on portraiture and thematic imagery with an eye toward social justice, as well as traditional magazine and promotional work.
Josh’s photographs have appeared all over the world in galleries and exhibitions, as well as in bound works and periodicals. His clients run the gamut from business leaders, Broadway legends and screen stars to large commercial enterprises.
Josh lives and works on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and is a graduate of Boston University’s School for the Arts and The International Center of Photography.
