Artist Statement
My ‘Photobooth’ project, which invited patrons of Erotic Art Week to make their own portraits, was intended as an experiment and a question: ‘How do we, Trinidadian people, image ourselves as erotic?’. In the case of these photos, and many others, the question was answered by lesbian, gay, and bisexual Trinidadians. One aim of my work is to produce images of Trinidadians, not something too commonly encountered in our daily media, so that by literally seeing ourselves we may better recognise and understand us. In the context of this symposium, I hope these images can help in achieving that objective within the local LGBT discourse.
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Rodell Warner (b. 1986) is a Trinidadian graphic designer and photographer.
In 2012, Rodell made the exhibition “Common Room – observations and comments on public-to-public communication” in Johannesburg, and, in 2011, participated in group exhibitions in Kingston, London, New York, Washington and Maracaibo.
Rodell is a recipient of the 2011 Commonwealth Connections International Arts Residency and curates the online gallery toomucheyes.com.
Photo credit : Gerard Gaskin