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Laura Aguilar

Posted inOpinion

Why Does the Art World Hate Fat People?

Avatar photo by Anna Mirzayan October 18, 2022November 9, 2022

Typical reactions to fat bodies in the art world range from pity to fascination.

Posted inArt

Laura Aguilar’s Liberatory Gaze

Avatar photo by Rachell Morillo April 6, 2021April 7, 2021

Aguilar was a rare photographer who never erased herself, shifting the ethics of photographer-subject dynamics.

Posted inNews

Remembering Photographer Laura Aguilar’s Empathetic, Queer Art

Avatar photo by Monica Uszerowicz April 26, 2018March 12, 2019

Aguilar, the photographer who captured people’s bodies with genuine empathy, died yesterday at the age of 59.

Posted inArt

The Empathy and Solidarity of Laura Aguilar’s Unbroken Gaze

Avatar photo by Monica Uszerowicz April 13, 2018January 28, 2021

The photographer portrays her subjects with a tenderness that makes them seem like friends, and with the attention of someone who really sees them.

Posted inArt

In Honor of Laura Aguilar, Artists Consider the Role of Queer Art

by Matt Stromberg November 1, 2017October 31, 2017

Five artists talk about the ways in which gender, sexual identity, and culture play out in their work.

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