Wynne Neilly | |
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Born | 1990 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Ryerson University |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, artist |
Website |
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Wynne Neilly (born 1990) is a Canadian artist and photographer based in Toronto, focused on photographing queer and transgender people.
Neilly attended the Image Arts program at Ryerson University, [1] graduating in 2012. [2] He began creating works of portraiture in the early 2010s. [1] He is based in Toronto. [3]
Neilly is queer [4] and transmasculine. [5] In 2018, he described his maleness as "really only based on my physical appearance", stating that "there is a lot more to me and my gender identity." [6]
Neilly's work is largely focused on exploring gender and sexuality, [3] and specifically "the queer and trans body". [7]
In 2014, when he was 24, a photo taken by him was on the cover of Original Plumbing. The photo was part of a larger series titled Female to "Male", focused on gender transitioning [4] and specifically on Neilly's own transition. [3]
In 2015, Neilly was the winner of the "Flash Forward" photography competition hosted by the Magenta Foundation. [8]
Elliot Page requested that Neilly be the one to photograph him for the cover of Time in 2021 after Page's transition, because he wanted a photographer who was also transgender. [1] When Neilly received an email from a Time photo editor, he initially thought it was fake, having believed that the COVID-19 pandemic ended his career. [5] He photographed Page on March 5, 2021, for the March 29 – April 5 issue of Time; it was the first time a transgender man was featured on the magazine's cover. He later told Ryerson University's publication that "[it] really meant the world to me to be able to help [Page] tell his story". [2]
Neilly has cited Catherine Opie as his "number one photographic inspiration", along with other inspirations including Cassils, Michelle Groskopf, and Robert Mapplethorpe. [9]
Neilly's work has been exhibited at the International Center of Photography, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Southern Norway Art Museum, [1] and the Ryerson Image Centre. [3]
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