Gendered Space photography series

Gendered Space, Chaz Howkins, 2017, photograph

Gendered Space #2, Chaz Howkins, 2017, photograph

Gendered Space #3, Chaz Howkins, 2017, photograph

Gendered Space #4, Chaz Howkins, 2017, photograph

Gendered Space #5 (Self), Chaz Howkins, 2017, photograph

Gendered spaces such as bathrooms are a place of anxiety for androgynous presenting people as we are often subjected to interrogation or harassment.  I posed an androgynous model in this unsafe space with the words ‘are you a boy or a girl’ written on their face to replicate this common experience.

Gendered Space photography series

Colin On The Toilet, Chaz Howkins, 2017, photograph

One of the less successful shots from the Gendered Space series featuring more of the subject's body than just head and shoulders.  I decided to focus more on portraiture for the rest of the series so that the writing on the subject's face was more easily readable.