Laura, from the series Dyke of our Time © Tania Olive, who just graduate from Westminster University. Olive won the Best in Show prize at Photography Week One at Free Range this year.
It's final show season and Free Range, Britain's largest collection of student shows, is in full swing. This year BJP was invited to Photography Weeks One and Two to pick out two Best in Show prizes. Week One was held from 14-18 June, and Tania Olive fought off stiff competition to pick up the title, with a project called Dyke of Our Time.
Featuring deadpan portraits of young gay women photographed at home and looking straight at the camera, Dyke of Our Time is a fresh look at an often stereotyped group, and will feature in the July edition of BJP. "I wanted to do a project that showcased the diversity of the lesbian community," Olive told BJP. "I have always found the butch and femme labels with which lesbians are associated to be antiquated. In fact, I find the idea that gender is a distinct dichotomy unrealistic. I wanted to show the fluidity of gender in the lesbian community.
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