STRKNG – Editors' Selection – #71

STRKNG - Editors' Selection - #71 - Blog-Beitrag von  STRKNG / 28.11.2023 10:19

100 striking images · 2022-07-30 – 2022-09-29

Cover »Сalmness« © Amira Mukhina

Many thanks to the contributors:

6zeio6· achim brandt· acqua&sapone· alberto monteraz· alex gundlak· alex nason photography· alireza sahebi· amira mukhina· andrew w pilling· anne· anne silver· ansichten· arkadiy kurta· artur frost· axakadam· beke· biljana radojicic· boris mouskevich· brian childress· bubadibub· carpe lucem· cristian trippel· curtis joe walker· daniel.nartschick· dennis ramos· dirkbee· dunkeltraum· eldark photography· elisa weis· ellard· ellis· ewald vorberg· fabrizio massetti· folur's.· formofadrop· igor b. glik· ingo mueller· jenny theobald· jens klettenheimer· justin wright· kai mueller· klaus kober· la fleur de la nuit· lee acaster· lili cranberrie· linda hazelnut· lysann· marco bressi· marie casabonne· mario von oculario· martin_image· michelle ruiz pellachini· minh-ly· miss souls· mserinkaya· musa erato· neram06· p3667· pablo fanque’s fair· paolo aldi· pascal chapuis· pavel· philippe galanopoulos· philomena famulok· photobooth portraits· piet.sommer· pixelhunter· polina soyref· rainer moster· ralf freitag photography· ralf tophoven· rené benjowski· roland wingenroth· rosa h. lightart· sandra doornbos· seven seconds· stefan jaeger· stephan joachim· stvn.krb· susanna mv· svetlanameliknubarova· thodoris tsenoglou· thomas rossi· thomas ruppel· toon van daalen· vincent gauthier· waldo perez cino· willi schwanke· y. g. foto· zuparino

Teilnehmer: Fotografin Amira Mukhina

Vote for the Cover of STRKNG Editors' Selection – #71

Vote for the Cover of STRKNG Editors' Selection - #71 - Blog-Beitrag von  STRKNG / 17.11.2023 16:05

1 »On the top of the land – Germany« © Model Anne

2 © Photographer Pascal Chapuis

3 »Pose« © Photographer Marco Bressi

4 ».DOTTIR.« © Photographer Roland Wingenroth

5 © Model Lysann / Tunguska.RdM

6 »aram« © Photographer Alireza Sahebi

7 »Сalmness« © Photographer Amira Mukhina

8 © Photographer Ralf Freitag Photography

9 »Seelentiefen« © Photographer dunkeltraum

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1 »BLOND« © Photographer HANNES WINDRATH

2 »Giorgia« © Photographer Andrea Arosio

3 »Moroi Metabolism (2nd v.)« © Alexandru Crisan

4 »Friday« © Photographer Eugene Reno

5 »MovieTime« © Photographer Stefan Dokoupil

6 »***« © Photographer Mecuro B Cotto

7 »Upside down« © Photographer Heinz Porten

8 »stay strong« © Photographer Jens Klettenheimer

9 »that's what this storm is all about« © Photographer Michael Everett

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Are you happy?

Are you happy? - Blog-Beitrag von Model Sophie / 01.09.2023 12:07

"Are you happy?", Laurana asked me some days ago.

It was late and we had discussed about the possibility, the term and the feeling of happiness for us trans women, since hours.

Because we're getting misgendered at least once a day, and we're irritating people with our voice, getting glimpses to the never fading marks of male hood on our bodies and beings. – And we're facing an abstract refusal of our transness in social media and the newspaper. We're seeing violence against us in the community, and we're hearing prejudices regarding us, from people who don't have a glue about anything (A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G), but an opinion towards gender.

And we're hearing permanently, that children need to be protected from queer people, from wokeness, and we see, that society steels children’s their rights everywhere and nobody complains: The right of education and health! The right of getting protected from violence and (sexual) abuse! And in the end, our children’s will inherit a planet, which is becoming more and more a piece of scrap! Yeah. Protect the children from us.

Silence.

Filled with handpans.

Lovely handpan sound, from Giolì & Assia, and I said: "This is how angles talking."

And we listened some more moments to the voices of angles.

"How can I say, that I'm happy?"

What is happiness in a world, were I'm paying attention to the intonation of any word, coming through my lips? I'm paying attention to my language and body gestures, to my (male) personal border protection mechanisms and knowledge of male privileges, within all female routines?

How to think about happiness, in a world where I need to maintain thousands of attributes at once, to reach and keep my limited femineity?

Being a female, and don't lose a second of it. Maybe, this is happiness for me. Accepting my limits, coping with them and being me. Being Sophie. And don't lose a single second of it anymore. That's happiness.

„Yes, Laurana. I'm happy.“