Lori Triburgo’s “Transportraits,” a series of 20 x 24 inch portraits of transgendered men, is an exploration of identity and representation. Photographed against oil-painted backdrops Triburgo creates using the landscape painting instructions from Bob Ross’, The Joy of Painting, each subject is photographed to evoke a ‘classic’ portrait, recalling both renaissance portraiture and popular photography.

“A gender on a body, an image on paper, oil on canvas. Representing a male, representing a portrait, representing a painting. I am interested in the layering of information and how it is understood/received.”