LIAM MACKENZIE - EXPOSURE EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE

Familiar Faces is a project I started to combat some mental health issues, where I created a self-portrait daily for a month. Upon this reflection, I saw pieces of myself that I've repressed over the years. Growing up as queer and disabled in a conservative environment, I learned to repress qualities of myself to survive. However, this project has allowed me to create space and give a platform for the parts of myself that I minimalized. My flamboyancy, my gender expression, my vulnerability, and my love are some parts that I needed to dig out and nurture. Familiar Faces has allowed me to nurture myself and to redefine what love, resilience, and self- care means to me.

BIOGRAPHY

Liam Mackenzie (they/them) is an Edmonton-based, disabled and queer photographic artist who explores gender, sexuality, and identities with movement, fashion, and color. They graduated from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in 2017 with an emphasis on portraiture and editorial work. Liam has won the Special Interest LGBTQ+ Award by the Magenta Foundation in 2019 and the NAIT Award of Photographic Excellence in 2019. Liam was interviewed by PhotoED magazine for their 59th issue, The Portraiture Issue. Liam's previous clients includes The Sports Network, Alberta Treasury Branch, and the Community Based Research Centre.