Collected Item: “Base”
Your Name
Emma McIntyre
Your Pronouns
She/her
Instagram handle, if any
@monsterafruits4you
Work Title
Base
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2024
[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.)
We are queer dykes, I am disabled and my partner is non binary.
[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 photo shows us realising that our idea to start a dyke and disabled led dildo making company is possible, and that they feel GOOD. This is what being part of our queer sex positive community looks like, and we make these genderless sex toys for our community to thrive. @monsterafruits4you
[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."
This is a black and white 35mm photography of Emma & Nat, the founders of Monstera's Emporium kissing. They are wearing leathers, and are outside what looks like a metal space ship. Emma has her feet up on a small wooden table, which has binoculars and wine glasses visible on it. Nat is twisted with their back to the camera to kiss Emma. This is shot outside in Scotland and Spring, and the energy of the photo is excitement, love and very dyke centered.
[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