Efrain John Gonzalez fonds

Efrain John Gonzalez was born in the Bronx, raised in Long Island, moved to Manhattan in 1975, and settled in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 1979. A photographer since secondary school at Holy Trinity High, he has studied Photography at the School of Visual Arts, and at New York Institute of Technology at Old Westbury. He studied Photoshop software at The New School. He dropped out of college to drive a taxi and to begin his exploration of New York City. His work has been published in the New York Times, Time Out Magazine, and in the Village Voice, among other publications. Gonzales is represented in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. His publications include a volume of tattoo photography INK & STEEL (Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub., c. 2012) and a forthcoming book of nighttime photography of New York City's Meatpacking District during the 1980s. The items in this finding aid include numerous photographs of transgender women and drag queens.

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Identifier: 4m90dv839
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
Publisher: University of Victoria
Dates Covered: circa 1980 to 2020
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Dee Morris
Efrain John Gonzalez
Fabric Factory
Gloria Hole
INK & STEEL
Speed Limit 55
Wigstock
Places: New York
Topic(s): Drag queens
LGBTQ+ artists
LGBTQ+ night life
Photography
Trans women
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/efrain-john-gonzalez-fonds
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