JD and Steve

Jess T. Dugan, American, born 1986

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2020, printed 2022

Color photograph printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Pearl paper

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

2022.20.3

Portfolio / Series Title

every breath we drew

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: JD AND STEVE, 2020 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

SART 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Fall 2022

Studio Art 29.01, Photography I, Virginia Beahan, Winter 2024

Art History 48.02, Histories of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Spring 2024

African and African American Studies 63.01, Sociology 71.01, Race Matters: Race Made to Matter, Trica Keaton, Spring 2024

Music 18.03, African and African American Studies 39.07, Verzuz: A History of Black Popular Music, Allie Martin, Spring 2024

Exhibition History

An Instant Out of Time: Shaping a Collection, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 20-July 21, 2024.

Provenance

The artist, Jess T. Dugan, St. Louis, Missouri; sold to present collection, 2022.

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