CONTRAST/CONTOURED : Portraits of Drag & Burlesque Performers
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Opening reception: Friday, August 5th from 5-9p.m.
Special openings during the Ohio Burlesque Festival: August 11th-14th from 5-7p.m. (before the show) Other hours by appointment. Maria Neil Art Project is excited to announce an expansive exhibition of photography from local photographer, Bridget Caswell! This August through October we will be showcasing 60+ images of drag queens, drag kings, and burlesque performers. These photographs, captured over the last couple of years during the COVID pandemic, highlight the beautiful dualities that the performers embody. CONTRAST/CONTOURED emphasizes the real and unreal, the person and the character, side-by-side. This many photographs means that more than one venue is needed - so we've expanded just for this show! Stop by Maria Neil (15517 Waterloo Road), Space: ROCK Gallery (15721 Waterloo Road) and the adjoining space Cleveland Rocks: Past, Present, and Future. Want to learn more? Check out these links below: Purchase CONTRAST/CONTOURED. Press: Cleveland.com - Expansive Waterloo photo exhibition captures artistry behind Cleveland's drag and burlesque scenes By: Annie Nickoloff Scene Magazine - 'Contrast/Contoured' Exhibition is a powerful document of the community By: Shawn Mishak |
Deva Diamond (Burlesque performer)
“I wanted to have a chronicling of this point in Cleveland LGBTQIA+ history. Throughout time, we have been marginalized and erased from history. It is important to me to document and celebrate the community.” – Bridget Caswell
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Bridget Caswell photographed by Jef Janis
About the Artist:
Bridget Caswell has worked as a photographer in Northeast Ohio for 20 years. She received her bachelor's degree in Photojournalism at Kent State University, and most notably was The Artist In Residence At The Cleveland Museum Of Art in Summer of 2019. She has worked for newspapers in Northeast Ohio such as the Morning Journal, the News Herald and the Medina Gazette. She has also worked for American Greetings as a photographer. She runs a successful freelance business, with clients such as NPR, The Associated Press and Cleveland Magazine. She was the house photographer for the Cleveland Botanical Gardens where she contributed photography to a book on the Gardens. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and the London Daily Telegraph in England. Caswell also exhibits her photographic work. She has also received multiple grants to teach photography to children. Passing on the passion and curiosity for photography and storytelling is something she finds as important as the photographic work she does.
Bridget Caswell has worked as a photographer in Northeast Ohio for 20 years. She received her bachelor's degree in Photojournalism at Kent State University, and most notably was The Artist In Residence At The Cleveland Museum Of Art in Summer of 2019. She has worked for newspapers in Northeast Ohio such as the Morning Journal, the News Herald and the Medina Gazette. She has also worked for American Greetings as a photographer. She runs a successful freelance business, with clients such as NPR, The Associated Press and Cleveland Magazine. She was the house photographer for the Cleveland Botanical Gardens where she contributed photography to a book on the Gardens. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and the London Daily Telegraph in England. Caswell also exhibits her photographic work. She has also received multiple grants to teach photography to children. Passing on the passion and curiosity for photography and storytelling is something she finds as important as the photographic work she does.
