SANDRA CHEN WEINSTEIN - EXPOSURE INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL

TRANSCEND is a story of relationships but most importantly, love. This collection of intimate portraits tells stories of people and their loved ones, families or chosen families, including my own, from diverse LGBTQI communities which constantly struggle for equality and acceptance.

My adult child came out as queer, transgender, and non-binary, and is collaborating with me in writing a book. TRANSCEND is a series of 30 family images that are displayed with the subjects’ own quotes and stories about themselves and their loved ones. The work seeks to aid social justice against stereotypes and stigmas that have long existed.

BIOGRAPHY

Sandra Chen Weinstein is a self-taught photographer inspired by Sebastião Salgado and Magnum Photos. Weinstein’s work focuses on photography, emphasizing human condition in social identity, culture, diversity. She has dedicated long-term projects to women, LGBTQI people, minorities, and American pop culture. Weinstein’s passion for photography was informed by her previous work for the Foreign Service that allowed her the opportunity to live in many countries. Weinstein has received numerous distinguished awards including a CENTER Director’s Choice Award (first place), a National Geographic Magazine International Contest Award (for People & Reader’s Collection), first prize open category at the Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards, first prize Robert Cornelius Portrait Award, runner-up for the International Conservation Award in Culture, The Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, and others. Her work has been exhibited at Aperture Gallery New York, Annenberg Space for Photography, Asian Art Museum, Stanford Art Space, and others. Her work is in several private and public collections.