Collected Item: “i've dreamt this before”
Your Name
alina balseiro
Your Pronouns
they/them
Instagram handle, if any
@alinabalseiroart
Work Title
i've dreamt this before
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.)
latine, nonbinary, lesbian, dyke
[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)
my series, soft thorns, is the mystified sublime that juxtaposes the reality of queer people's everyday experiences of oppression. in "i've dreamt this before" i recreated a dream i had as a teenager: do a push up and kiss my partner underneath me. this full circle moment depicts the perspective of a closeted teenager to a queer adult and is surrounded by a field of joyful daffodils protecting our love.
[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."
a square photograph with a vignette of a daffodil field enclosing on an androgynous person with short curly brown hair wearing a mustard yellow short sleeve button up over a brown plaid flannel doing a pushup over and kissing a blonde femme person with her arms above her head on the ground.
[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