Laura V
1988
Photography
Gelatin silver print
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
‘Laura V,’ from Aguilar’s ‘Latina Lesbians’ series (1986-1990), which was inspired by the self-possessed women she had met working at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. The subject is shown in a confident stance of self-assured expression. The handwritten statement beneath the photograph discusses the subject’s own journey to self-acceptance
Laura Aguilar
Queer Art, Identity Art and Identity Politics, Documentary Photography, LGBT Artists
Born: 26 October 1959, California, USA
Nationality: Mexican-American
Died: 25 April 2018, California, USA
Aguilar was a photographer. Born with auditory dyslexia she attributed her start in photography to her brother, who taught her how to develop in dark rooms. Mainly self-taught Aguilar was well-known for her portraits, mostly of herself, and her focus on marginalized communities including LGBT+ and Latino subjects, self-love, and the stigma of obesity in society
Jezzie G 