his simple yet revealing portraits and narrative style coined the era of the “TOP MODEL” and catapulted the careers of fashion’s most legendary supermodels including Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Tatjana Patitz, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington.
His specific editorial and portraiture of Naomi, Linda, Chrissy and Tatjana for Vogue(photographed in a backyard in Brooklyn) role-playing trans masc characters destigmatizing archetypes of traditionally thin, beautiful feminine women into trans masc characters with swag. Producing imagery that would be viewed today as artistic “gender-queerness”.
politicians in this current political climate seek to erase trans people and in many states across the U.S are moving rapidly to criminalize trans and queer people by restricting our freedom of speech and expression These rapidly-moving pieces of legislation are not only destructive to queer culture as a whole but is a “mask” to place blame on our nation’s economic woes, distracting our country through fear. A fear that has a domino effect not only effecting trans and queer people but placing an existential threat to artistic livelihood and expression everywhere.
@therealpeterlindbergh artwork and photography in this specific shoot offer us a catalyst to examine our “gender-queerness” in the era of high-fashion luxury, consumerism and capitalistic-greed. Highlighting a focus on how our country’s displacement of economic injustice has weaponized a rising global attitude against the world’s most marginalized communities.
Living our truths authentically and through community is our greatest tool against fascism and tyranny.
Fashion as an act of rebellion.
-TOMMY BOY
Join us as we celebrate @nyfw as a queer community, embracing our “gender-queerness” and honoring queer trailblazers in Fashion, Art and Music in NYC!?
