Jess T. Dugan Nominated for the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers

Image: Jess T. Dugan, Cassandra, 50, San Diego, CA, 2017. A portrait of a person wearing a black dress.

Congratulations to Jess T. Dugan, who has been nominated for the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers! The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, has nominated four artists for its Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers, a biennial award that gives $20,000 to an artist who has yet to have a solo museum show. … Continue reading Jess T. Dugan Nominated for the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers

Photo District News Discusses the Work of Jess T. Dugan

Image: Jess T. Dugan, Louis, 54, Springfield, MA, 2014. A portrait of a person wearing a pink shirt and glasses, sitting on a church pew.

Photo District News features the work of Jess T. Dugan, including images from her series "To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews of Gender Nonconforming Older Adults." PDN discusses Dugan's early experiences with photography, starting as a child and continuing through high school, as well as her current practice as a photography, saying: "Jess … Continue reading Photo District News Discusses the Work of Jess T. Dugan

Jess T. Dugan Selected as a Finalist for the Arnold Newman Prize

Image: Hank, 76, and Samm, 67, Little Rock, AR, 2016. A photographic portrait of two nongender conforming adults. They both wear sports jackets and hats and sit facing the viewer while holding hands.

We are thrilled to announce that Jess T. Dugan has been selected as a finalist for the Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture! Dugan is an artist whose work explores issues of identity, gender, sexuality, and community through photographic portraiture. She received her MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago, her Master … Continue reading Jess T. Dugan Selected as a Finalist for the Arnold Newman Prize

Jess T. Dugan’s Series “Every Breath We Drew” Opens at Grunwald Gallery of Art

Image: Jess T. Dugan, Dallas Lying on the Bed , 2012. Dalls lays on a white mattress looking at the viewer. He is wearing all dark clothing with one hand on his stomach. The wall behind him is bright red.

Today, Jess T. Dugan's series "Every Breath We Drew" opens at Grunwald Gallery of Art, the contemporary art museum at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. View more work from this series here. Dugan discusses this series: Every breath we drew explores the power of identity, desire, and connection through portraits of myself and others. Working … Continue reading Jess T. Dugan’s Series “Every Breath We Drew” Opens at Grunwald Gallery of Art

Review of Jess T. Dugan’s “To Survive on This Shore” in Provincetown Magazine

Provincetown Magazine discusses Jess T. Dugan's exhibition To Survive on This Shore currently on view at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. For over five years, photographer Jess T. Dugan and social worker Vanessa Fabbre traveled throughout the United States creating To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older … Continue reading Review of Jess T. Dugan’s “To Survive on This Shore” in Provincetown Magazine