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I Heart Girl
ISBN
978-1576877395

I Heart Girl or i <3 girl is an 80-page photography monograph[1] by American artist Jessica Yatrofsky published in 2015[2] by powerHouse Books in New York City and designed by Crystal Gywn with an introduction by George Pitts.

Background

I Heart Girl was the follow-up to Yatrofsky’s first photography monograph

I Heart Boy. The young female subjects of I Heart Girl represent a spectrum of masculine, feminine and androgynous traits.[3] Yatrofsky presents a new vision of contemporary female culture that strays far outside of what would be considered conventional gender identities.[4]

Credits

Credits are taken from powerHouse Books website.

Words by

George Pitts

Reception

I Heart Girl was featured on

Cosmopolitan Magazine mentioned as soulful and simple.[6] HuffPost remarked that Yatrofsky's book of portraits shows the huge breadth of people that identify as feminine, urging the viewer to rethink female beauty.[7] i-D mentioned that I Heart Girl is challenging traditional representations of women in mass media and undermining institutionalized notions of masculinity and femininity.[8] Yatrofsky said in an interview that she focuses on capturing each woman in a natural state, and in line with the way they present themselves to the world.[9]

References

  1. ^ "These images represent the diverse beauty of the female body". Dazed. 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ "A book exploring the dynamic concept of feminine beauty via intimate portraits".
  3. ^ "Photographer Jessica Yatrofsky Deconstructs the Gender Binary in "I Heart Girl" (Photos: NSFW) - Brooklyn Magazine". Brooklyn Magazine. 13 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Jessica Yatrofksy's 'I Heart Girl' Photo Series Gives Us A Raw Look At Femininity".
  5. ^ "The most exciting new photography books".
  6. ^ "10 Beautiful, Unretouched Photos of Gender-Fluid Women [NSFW]". Cosmopolitan. 19 March 2015.
  7. ^ Bahadur, Nina (24 March 2015). "'I Heart Girl' Photos Show The Feminine Bodies Mainstream Media Doesn't". Huffington Post.
  8. ^ "unpicking gender with the raw photography of jessica yatrofsky". I-d. 10 March 2015.
  9. ^ "8 photos which will make you question what you know about being a woman". The Independent.
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