Transgender portraits, photographs by Andrea Francolini, in collaboration with Trans Pride Australia

PXD 1611

fonds

2018-2020

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9670509

30 photographic prints (2 boxes) - 61 x 41 cm or smaller - colour, on paper

Andrea Francolini (he/him) was born in the 1970s and raised in Italy, training in photography in Milan. Since 2000 Francolini has lived and worked in Sydney, Australia. He specialises in portraiture and nautical photography.

The images were shot in Sydney in collaboration with Trans Pride Australia between 2018 and 2020. Trans Pride Australia Inc is a not-for-profit organisation that provides social support for trans and gender diverse people and their loved ones in Australia. This project is part of and has happened amidst a cultural and social tipping-point in Australia and many other countries in relation to people’s awareness of gender diversity, and the visibility of trans and gender diverse people in the last decade.

Reference:
Library correspondence file

Comprises colour print photographs taken by Andrea Francolini on Canon 5d mark IV, 85mm f/1.2 lens and Canon r5 with 25- 105mm lens, printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Cotton Rag paper.

Initiated and executed in collaboration with the organisation Trans Pride Australia, Francolini’s portraits document members of Sydney’s trans and gender diverse communities of varying ages and cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Eye2Eye is a series of close- up portraits produced in collaboration with Trans Pride Australia, with accompanying statements written by each sitter at the time their portrait was shot.
I Am Who I Am is another series of full length portraits by Andrea Francolini.

Box 1
From Eye2Eye with Trans Pride Australia, comprising 22 prints 40 x 30 cm, with written statements
1. Amy [Brown], She/her, with accompanying written statement
2. Anastacia [Rose] Le, She/her, 10 October 2019
3. Andrew Guy, He/him, 6 June 2019
4. Anna Pye, She/her/they, 16 July 2019
5. Apple Jack [Freshwater] Brown, They/them, 4 May 2019
6. Arden Cassie, She/her, 3 August 2019
7. Carol [Muller], She/her, 14 August 2019
8. Chichi [Antoinette Farruga], She/her
9. Darby [Carr], He/him, 25 May 2019
10. Dibs [Daniel Barisic Sprem], They/them, 16 May 2019
11. [Jaz] Hunny Blow, She/her, 21 July 2019
12. Kari McKern, She/her
13. Kate Toyer, She/her, 16 October 2019
14. Leah [Allen], She/her, 15 June 2019
15. Max Lee, He/they, 18 October 2019
16. Melissa Trenter, She/her
17. Rey [Vargas], They/them, 25 May 2019
18. Sasha Pierzo, She/her, 4 August 2019
19. Sindy [Crow], She/her, 3 June 2019
20. Te James Parkes, He/him, 4 May 2019
21. Ted [Cook], He//him, 14 October 2019
22. Tenille Rogers, They/them, 12 July 2019

Box 2
From Eye2Eye with Trans Pride Australia, comprising 6 prints 61 x 41 cm, with written statements:
1-2. Amoa Leota Lu, She/her
3-4 Joel Wilson, He/him
5-6. Rev Comrade Rowley, He/him

From I Am Who I Am series, comprising 2 prints 61 x 41 cm:
7. Melissa Trenter, She/her, 2019
8. Robin Eames, They/them, 2022

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Andrea Francolini
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Andrea Francolini

Names, pronouns and dates taken from inscriptions on items and/or devised from information supplied by Trans Pride Australia in 2023