Self-portrait (reaching), from the portfolio every breath we drew
Jess T. Dugan, American, born 1986
2021, printed 2022
Color photograph printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl paper
3/20
Image: 18 1/16 × 13 1/2 in. (45.8 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Miriam H. and S. Sidney Stoneman Acquisition Fund
© Jess T. Dugan
2022.20.10
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed, on reverse, bottom edge, in black ink: SELF-PORTRAIT (REACHING), 2021 EDITION 3/20 JESS T. DUGAN Jess Dugan
Label
Jess T. Dugan’s portraits capture personal intimacies, especially in queer lives. The two on view here express the love of a longtime couple and the self-love of someone who is enjoying their body in a moment of euphoria. The portfolio, titled Every Breath We Drew, is made up of ten photographs—both portraits and still lifes—in a custom-designed clamshell box. The works’ subjects usually fill the frame, bathed in a gentle light that reflects the quiet, self-contained moments Dugan favors.
How might an artist select works to shape into a dedicated portfolio?
From the 2024 exhibition An Instant Out of Time: Shaping a Collection, curated by Alisa Swindell, Associate Curator of Photography
Course History
SART 30/SART 75, Photography II/III, Virginia Beahan, Spring 2022
WGSS 10.01, Sex, Gender, and Society, Zahra Ayubi, Summer 2022
WGSS 10.02, Sex, Gender, and Society, Zahra Ayubi, Summer 2022
SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022
Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies 10.01 – Sex, Gender, and Society, Zahra Ayubi, Summer 2023
Provenance
The artist, Jess T. Dugan, St. Louis, Missouri; sold to present collection, 2022.
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