J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Renée Jacobs

Renée Jacobs, a photojournalistic turned civil rights lawyer turned erotic documentarian, uses  photography to explore her own sexuality and to listen and give voice to the desire of her co-collaborators. Joyful, intense, alluring and lustful, each image is a story grounded in visualizing felt emotion. Jacobs notes; “ I switched the lens and the lens switched me.”In this book group, Renée Jacobs discusses, among other things:Standing in your own lightCarving a space to listen to co-collaboratorsDesire needing contextTwin motivators of loss and longingRelating to Gordon Parks’ experience of needing ParisWidening technical exposure, experimentThe luck to have mad genius friendsInspiration from Japanese bookmaking techniquesThe rule of 6 twists to pop French bubblyReferenced in the episodeL'Oeil de Photographie- PARISSinners Exhibit in Paris VideoPhoto de FemmesCynthia McAdamsAlice Austin HouseSmith Colleges - Voice of Feminism Oral History Project Body; The Photography Book - Nathalie Herschdorfer Fan the Flames ; Queer Positions in Photography at the Ontario Art Museum Art & Queer Culture - Catherine Lord & Richard MeyerAperture 218 Spring 2015 - Queer Joan E Biren - Dyke Show Lesbian Images in Photo 1850 Renée Jacobs Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smith

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