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- When Elliot Page knew he was set to become the first transgender man on the cover of TIME magazine, he had a special request: that the cover be shot by fellow Canadian trans artist Wynne Neilly.
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Mar 24, 2021 · When Elliot Page knew he was set to become the first transgender man on the cover of TIME magazine, he had a special request: that the cover be shot by fellow Canadian trans artist Wynne...
- Photographer Wynne Neilly on taking Elliot Page's first big ...
Wynne Neilly was the photographer behind the lens that day —...
- Photographer Wynne Neilly on taking Elliot Page's first big ...
- A Month of 'Firsts'
- 'It Was So Beautiful'
- Changing Perceptions
- Documenting Trans Life
Less than two weeks before, Patti Harrison became the first out trans actor to voice a Disney film character, when Raya and the Last Dragon was released. A few days later, Tashnuva Anan Shishir became Bangladesh's first transgender news anchor. And a week after Page's cover, model Leyna Bloom became the first trans woman of colour featured on the c...
The way that trans people are portrayed in the entertainment industries has real-world impacts. Yu Tsai, the fashion photographer who took Leyna Bloom's Sports Illustratedphoto earlier this year, noted that what appears on fashion magazines often dictates what is fashionable, what is beautiful and what is celebrated. So when he captured Bloom, he s...
In 2019, Day wrote that the magazine's inclusion strategy was part of an effort to "shatter" entrenched perceptions of beauty. But in an interview with Yahoo LifeDay said that due to a historical lack of inclusion in the fashion industry, those "firsts" are shockingly easy to come by. "This industry is unfortunately a very stunted one," Day said. "...
The urgency to continue is there for Neilly as well. Before receiving the call to work with Page, he was struggling to find work during the pandemic, and worried his career might be over. His career began in a way that mirrored Page's shoot — realistically depicting trans life. In this instance, though, it was his own: a self-portrait project calle...
Jun 12, 2023 · Wynne Neilly was the photographer behind the lens that day — and now, he's just won the New Generation Photography Award as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
Nov 2, 2021 · Page was drawn to the work of photographer Wynne Neilly, who has been shooting queer and trans people for a decade, as a way to explore his own gender and sexuality.
- Diane Anderson-Minshall
Mar 16, 2021 · “I was finally able to embrace being transgender,” he says Wynne Neilly for TIME. Page was attracted to the role of Vanya in The Umbrella Academy because—in the first season, released in ...
Wynne Neilly is a Canadian, queer and trans identified, visual artist and award winning photographer who is currently working out of Toronto. He is most known for his monumental cover of TIME Magazine featuring Elliot Page in 2021 along with receiving recognition for winning Scotia Bank's New Generation Photography Award...
Jun 12, 2023 · The 2021 TIME Magazine cover of Elliott Page was a big deal because it was his first big portrait after coming out as trans. Wynne Neilly was the photographer behind the lens that day, and now he’s just won the New Generation Photography Award as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
