Collected Item: “Butch in Blue”
Your Name
Isa
Your Pronouns
She/He/Her/Him
Instagram handle, if any
@cxrefre
Work Title
Butch in Blue
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2023
[Image Rights] Do you confirm that you hold the rights to this image?
Yes
[Eligibility] The Curve Photo Contest proudly centers and uplifts people who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and nonbinary people. Please share how you self-identify, using language that feels most accurate to you. Feel free to include all intersections of your identity. (Examples: lesbian, trans person of color, Latinx queer woman, radical faery, butch, etc.)
Latine Nonbinary Lesbian
[Artist Statement] Tell us more about your photo by sharing a brief artist statement OR answering this prompt: "This is what being ______ means to me..." (Max. 100 words)
This photo comes from an evening fooling around the chapel with my crush, photographing one another. I felt like God’s lesbian bastard tracking in mud through the house and slamming cabinets. Yet so small in his ant farm, and destined, by his hand, for unrequited love. Outside the stained glass window, the universe shone me her blue light. It wasn’t in the usual somber way, but in a light of authenticity and self realization. God and his disciples are my ant farm, and I wind skeins of love and destiny through my own hands.
[Visual Description] Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text. Example: "Two women holding hands and smiling as they walk in a pride parade, surrounded by rainbow flags."
In a dim room, a person looks up toward a blue stained glass window, illuminated by its vibrant hue.
[Agreement] In the event that you win the 2026 Curve Photo Contest, do you consent to having your photograph printed for the sole purpose of displaying at The Curve Foundation's one-day event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA) during Lesbian Visibility Week? The Curve Foundation will cover printing costs, but will not cover costs for mailing the print after the event ends.
Yes
[Agreement] Do you consent to The Curve Foundation storing, sharing, and using this image and its description as we deem appropriate, including disseminating on our social media, website, and Curve Archive and Curve Quarterly?
Yes
[Agreement] By checking 'I understand' below, I acknowledge that this contest upholds values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I confirm that my submission does not contain anti-LGBTQ+ or other discriminatory, hateful, or exclusionary content.
I understand