SIGNS OF TENDERNESS
signs of tenderness is an exploration into the formation of chosen family within the queer community, and the unique manifestation of relationships amongst those who identify as such. this project, manifested in a mixed-media photobook consisting of short interviews and photographs of the subjects, documents eight individuals within their chosen families as they exist currently, and how these relationships have evolved over the course of these individuals’ lives. all of our languages of love translate differently, but i can now recognize my own as a need for a sense of comfort, or familiarity, or home, in strange and new places. we create homes of our own where we seek comfort from things familiar. no matter the distance, physical or otherwise, we always find each other. albert camus said ‘never stop waiting for signs of tenderness’, and i never have. buy the print version here: https://www.francescatirpak.com/signs-of-tenderness
signs of tenderness is an exploration into the formation of chosen family within the queer community, and the unique manifestation of relationships amongst those who identify as such.
this project, manifested in a mixed-media photobook consisting of short interviews and photographs of the subjects, documents eight individuals within their chosen families as they exist currently, and how these relationships have evolved over the course of these individuals’ lives.
all of our languages of love translate differently, but i can now recognize my own as a need for a sense of comfort, or familiarity, or home, in strange and new places. we create homes of our own where we seek comfort from things familiar. no matter the distance, physical or otherwise, we always find each other.
albert camus said ‘never stop waiting for signs of tenderness’, and i never have.
buy the print version here: https://www.francescatirpak.com/signs-of-tenderness
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BETH
I think it was Gals Weekender,
because that was quite a monumental
weekend.
EVA
It really defined the family...
BETH
Dynamic.
EVA
But I feel the chat really helped
build it.
BETH
When there was a gals weekender, it
was us three to start with, but we
weren’t that close.
ABBEY
I was a bit of a stand-in.
EVA
We weren’t really even going to
this gig, and then I think because
so much happened that weekend,
that none of us expected or even
asked for, it just kind of happened
that that maybe brought us closer
together, because we had to deal with
the repercussions of, ‘what the fuck
was that?’ You know what I mean?
BETH
What was that game going on?
ABBEY
I think it is also because we’ve made
efforts that other people haven’t.
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