Collected Item: “Izzy”
Your Name
Fern
Your Pronouns
They/She/He
Instagram handle, if any
@birdland.photo
Work Title
Izzy
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2026
[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.)
nonbinary femme pansexual
[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)
Queerness to me is about allowing myself and all those around me to exist authentically as themselves without the confines of binary. Izzy embodies a level of androgyny that embraces femininity in an androgynous and non-traditional sense. Photography to me is about seeing people fully and reflecting back an image that reflects who they truly are. Izzy is my friend and I feel I can be fully myself around her. I think Izzy is one of the most creative and uniquely brilliant people. Izzy loves the ballet and knows it better than anyone else. I hope she can dance again someday.
[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."
Woman dressed in 80s glasses, a blue turtle neck, and white sweater forefront of a rust-red door. She squints at the sun.
[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