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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becca
turbo town is:
abbey + eva + beth
ghey revival is:
eliana + tess + gaib
+ kath
this book is
dedicated to them,
and to everyone else
who has made me feel
part of something.
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