Collected Item: “The Annies”
Your Name
Polly Anya Ivy Piercy
Your Pronouns
they/he/she
Instagram handle, if any
ppiercy_
Work Title
The Annies
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2023-2025
[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.)
Non Binary and 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 image captures what being a lesbian feels like in it's best moments. It's a simple photo of my close friends Annie and Annabel (the 'Annies'), lovers who despite sharing the same name couldn't be more different. It's a simple image of them laughing at the club, embracing. I think queer joy is somewhat under-represented in art, because we are constantly experiencing hardship from a world that still does not yet fully accept us. We therefore do not let ourselves stop to consider the beauty in our happiest moments. I think that's a shame. We love being lesbians, and no amount of bigotry can take that from us.
[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."
Two girls laughing in a club with strobe lights, one has confetti hanging from her mouth
[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