Laura Aguilar is a photographer from San Gabriel, CA. Born with auditory dyslexia, photography became a vital medium of expression for Aguilar. As a queer Chicanx woman, Aguilar belongs to, as she puts it, "a hidden subculture within another subculture, a marginalized community within another marginalized community." Her work heavily explores this nesting of identities, and frequently features her own body as a symbol to challenge norms of weight, sexuality, and more.
One of her images, seen below, shows Aguilar reclining in relaxation on an apparently sweltering summer day. By portraying an unconventional body engaged in a universal feeling, this image serves to challenge perceptions on types of bodies that are accepted by our society.
Although primarily self-taught, Aguilar did briefly attend East Los Angeles College, where decades later her work was featured in a solo exhibition at ELAC's Vincent Price Art Museum as part of the Pacific Standard Time LA/LA initiative. I had the privilege of seeing the exhibition, titled Laura Aguilar: Show and Tell, when it was in town, and am excited to explore her work more thoroughly with this presentation.
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