Ken. To be destroyed - Sara Davidmann
to be destroyed
KORTE INHOUD
This project began with an archive and a discovery. Sara Davidmann and her siblings inherited letters and photographs belonging to her uncle and aunt, Ken and Hazel Houston, from her mother, Audrey Davidmann. The letters chronicled the relationship between Ken and Hazel. Hazel had been a dental secretary. Ken practiced as an optician in Edinburgh. It emerged soon after they were married that Ken was transgender. In the context of a British marriage in the 1950s, this inevitably profoundly affected both their relationship and their relationships with the people around them. They remained together from 1954 to the end of Ken's life. They had no children.
Hazel and Audrey wrote to each other frequently in the late 1950s and early 60s after Hazel discovered that Ken was transgender; these letters tell Ken and Hazel's story. Publicly Ken was a man, but in the privacy of the home he was a woman.
In response to the letters and family photographs Sara Davidmann has produced a new set of photographs using analogue, ...
Hazel and Audrey wrote to each other frequently in the late 1950s and early 60s after Hazel discovered that Ken was transgender; these letters tell Ken and Hazel's story. Publicly Ken was a man, but in the privacy of the home he was a woman.
In response to the letters and family photographs Sara Davidmann has produced a new set of photographs using analogue, ...
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2016Uitgever: Schilt Publishing120 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 323x253x23ISBN-10: 905330861XISBN-13: 9789053308615Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Schilt Publishing: Amsterdam, 2016. Cloth with dustwrapper, 128 pp., colour photo's/letters/text, 25x31x1,5 cm, as new. [Categorie: Photography] [Auteur: Davidmann, Sara.] [Pagina's: 128] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: Ken. To be destroyed.]
