Fashion
Luella Bartley
Hui-Hui
Peter Jensen
Katie Gallagher

Entertainment
Alan Ball
Summer Bishil
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Nima Nourizadeh
Chuck Palahniuk
Anthology Recodrings
Marina Zenovich
Zimmerman/Berg

Artists
Desireé Holman
Corndawg
Matt Furie
Molly Landreth
Matthew Lock
Nikolay Saveliev
Christopher Schulz
Darren Sylvester

Fiction
24 Hours on L16
Nobody Eats Oranges...
Some Mornings

“Embodiment” is a series of photos by Molly Landreth, 29-year-old resident of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle, to be specific), and one half of the photography team Landreth + Riffle. The photos in “Embodiment” are striking, beauitful portraits of young people from across the gamut of disparate sub-cultures within the LGBT community.

The series is appealing not only for its aesthetic radness, but for its honest, deeply personal portrayals of queer youth. Even within the gay media, representations of youth rarely step beyond comfortable stereotypes– the kind of safe, cardboard character roles that Landreth deftly avoids in her images. Landreth portrays real people in natural environments, each with their own irregularities, without resorting to the alienating sensationalism that is often used as a buffer between reality and cultural expectations.

The photographer was gracious enough to answer a few questions for Future Shipwreck, so read on to find out more about Molly Landreth and her work!

What motivated you to make “Embodiment”– was there anything specific that sparked your interest in capturing images of queer youth?
I’ve always sort of geeked out about anything or anyone that ruptures gender norms… so that is something that I think will always be a part of my work no matter what I do. I also think that there is just something so magical and cool about the queer community, young and old.

I think that often comes from really thinking about ones identity and place in the world, and then fighting for it. I don’t think that’s totally unique to queer life, which is why I think that there is a universal quality to these images… but I do think that for the queer community that there are more risks that go along with that fight and a real bravery that goes along with being visible about it. That’s why I think that creating these images is so interesting to me… and so important.