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Jill Peters
Harsha and Sneha, Protraits. From The Third Gender of India Series

2013

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Harsha and Sneha, 2013 by Jill Peters From the series The Third Gender of India Archival pigment print Overall size: 60 in H x 80 in W Individual size: 60 in H x 40 in W Edition of 3 Unframed The term "hijra" applies to a very diverse group of people in India who identify as third gender. They can range from a natural born hermaphrodite to a male cross dresser. Dating back as far as the Kama Sutra by some estimations, hijras were both revered and feared as powerful entities who lived between the sexes. They were believed to bestow good fortune and fertility by dancing at weddings and the births of children. Over the course of history their status and usefulness in society survived centuries of historical evolution. Within the last 150 years, as western prejudices have encroached upon Indian codes of sexual morality, the hijras have fallen precipitously from grace. Today, hijras live on the margins of society. They face severe harassment at the hands of the state and the wider population. Police brutality and sexual assault are common. Because hijras are generally seen as unemployable, they have resorted to sex work and begging for survival. This creates a catch-22 whereby their reputation as second-class citizens is further stitched into the fabric of society, and they find it difficult to escape this endless cycle of dehumanization. This dark prospect, however, has done little to stem the tide of young boys who are irrepressibly drawn to the big cities by their innate femininity. The artist intention was simply to portray them as the subjects of beauty and grace they so desperately wish to be, as if their path to nirvana had not been impeded by a century and a half of prejudice and intolerance. Jill Peters finds her inspiration in the quickly changing architectural landmarks of her youth, like the demolished Miami Herald building, an abandoned roller coaster or a neglected go-cart track. Shooting mostly from air, which allows her to find a new level of intrinsic beauty to otherwise overlooked structures, Peters has gone on to capture and document man’s wider imprint on nature. Whether it’s the graphic symmetry of urban architecture or the abstract choreography of the forms and hues of nature itself. Within this body of work, one can marvel at the worn wreckage of the past or the fragile resources of the present. _______ Jill Peters is a critically acclaimed photographer whose portraits explore identity, sexuality and culture, past and present. Her work has been featured in GQ,, Esquire, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Details and Elle among others. Jill was recognized in Photo Lucida’s Critical Mass Top 50 international competition, 2013, and the New York Photo Festival 2013. Her work has been exhibited in group shows this spring at Houston Center for Photography, Corden/Potts in San Francisco and Powerhouse Arena in New York 2014. One of Jill’s current projects “Sworn Virgins of Albania” has received critical acclaim worldwide and has been featured on Slate, Huffington Post, ABC News, yahoo! News and CNN International. GQ featured the project in the March 2014 issue. Jill directed the video "Sworn Virgins of Albania" on the GQ website to accompany the GQ story. The Sworn Virgins are part of a larger project encompassing many diverse cultures around the world. For her next project, Jill is planning to go down under. Jill studied narrative documentary photography at RIT in Rochester, NY. Her passions include paddle boarding, time traveling and watching baby elephant videos. Jill divides her time between Miami and New York.
  • Creator:
    Jill Peters (1970, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2013
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 60 in (152.4 cm)Width: 80 in (203.2 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    Small size: 24 H in x 32.4 W in. Edition of 9Price: $7,000Medium size: 35.2 H in x 55.4 W in. Edition of 6Price: $10,000
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  • Gallery Location:
    Miami Beach, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU453314297382
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