“I’ve got an education, I’ve got skills as a photographer, and I’ve got a public voice where I can talk about things that matter to me, through images,” she says. “Most of the stories I focus on are stories of women, a lot of my work focuses on women who are on the fringes of society or disempowered, so the trans narrative fit into a larger narrative for me.”
“It was the first time I’d told that story specifically,” she continues. "It makes me think in terms of the truth about your own identity, and the interior monologue.”
“It’s become incredibly personal,” she tells Global Citizen. Take action: Share This Video to Challenge Stereotypes and Support LGBT+ Workers Around the World So when she was introduced to a trans woman who told her to be more daring, and look at more unusual ways of constructing femininity, she was “captured.”Ĭrewe spent the next 18 months creating the images that now stand on display at Manchester Central Library, in her collection entitled You Brought Your Own Light. Photographer Allie Crewe has always been interested in the construction of femininity, and capturing the images of disenfranchised women. You can join us by taking action for the Global Goals here. Photographer Allie Crewe is trying to help change that. The transgender community in Britain, and around the world, still face disproportionate discrimination and abuse on a daily basis. The UN’s Global Goals call for reduced inequalities everywhere, regardless of gender, sexuality, age, religion, race, ethnicity, disability, or any other status.
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