![]() ![]() “Me gusta hacerme autorretratos”, dice, “porque me ayuda a explicar cómo me siento en ese momento”. La fotografía es un medio que emplea Grunewald para comunicarse con los demás de manera expresiva. “La ansiedad se apodera de todo mi cuerpo y no puedo manejar la situación”. “A veces se me hace muy difícil”, comenta. Pero los retos que enfrenta no son solo físicos. Esto significa que voy y vengo del hospital varias veces al año, y pierdo muchos días de escuela”. El artista nos permite entrar en su mundo, explicando que: “Padezco de epilepsia generalizada. ![]() “I enjoy taking self-portraits,” the artist says, “because it can help explain how I am feeling in that moment.”Įn este autorretrato en blanco y negro, Otto Grunewald apoya su cabeza vendada en una almohada y mira al espectador con ojos bien abiertos. Using photography as a tool, Grunewald communicates with others in an expressive manner. “My anxiety takes over my whole body and I can’t cope.” “I really have a hard time with it sometimes,” Grunewald explains. This means I am in and out of the hospital multiple times a year, missing a lot of school.” The challenges Grunewald faces, however, are not just physical. The artist lets us into his world, explaining, “I suffer from generalized epilepsy disorder. In this black-and-white self-portrait, Otto Grunewald rests his bandaged head on a pillow and focuses his wide eyes on the viewer. Tener que limitarse a un ámbito ‘femenino’ o ‘masculino’ no es realista ni auténtico para la mayoría de las personas”. Sonnenblick, quien ve este retrato como expresión de su propio proceso de desafiar este binarismo, comenta: “La masculinidad y la feminidad no son reales. La foto presenta a un joven con una bata abierta de seda rosada, invitándonos a explorar las ideas de “feminidad” y “masculinidad”. “¿Qué es lo masculino? ¿Qué es lo femenino? ¿Son “términos” subjetivos? ❾xisten siquiera? La artista Sara Sonnenblick plantea estas preguntas mientras reacciona ante las restricciones impuestas a la expresión de género y la autenticidad en su retrato Nor This Nor That. Being restricted a ‘feminine’ or ‘masculine’ domain is neither realistic nor authentic to most people.” Sonnenblick, who sees this portrait as an expression of her own journey in challenging these two binaries, concludes: “Masculinity and femininity are not real. The photograph, which depicts a young man wearing an open pink silk robe, invites the viewer to explore the ideas of “femininity” and “masculinity.” “What is masculine? What is feminine? Are these ‘terms’ subjective? Do they even exist?” Artist Sara Sonnenblick asks these questions as she grapples with the constraints and restrictions of gender expression and authenticity in her portrait Nor This Nor That. Sara Sonnenblick and Otto Grunewald’s grand prize-winning photographs are currently on view at the Portrait Gallery near the exhibition The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today, which showcases portraits by finalists of the triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition who are 18 and older. This year, four members of the Portrait Gallery’s Teen Museum Council, a group of students from the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, and the Portrait Gallery’s Curator of Photographs Leslie Ureña juried the competition. Local students established the Teen Portrait Competition in 2011. When the competition closed in March, there were almost three hundred entries submitted from twenty-two states and Washington, D.C. Inspired by the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, the National Portrait Gallery’s Teen Portrait Competition invited young people across the nation to submit their original photographs in January 2022. Their portraits address topics ranging from identity, race, and body image to the condition of U.S workers as well as crimes committed against Indigenous women. ![]() The eight finalists explore themes of American life through the eyes of teens in the United States today. The artist, who has generalized epilepsy disorder, uses photography as a tool to communicate his reality. Her portrait Nor This Nor That tackles gender expression and authenticity while exploring the terms “femininity” and “masculinity.” Otto Grunewald of Michigan won the grand prize for ages 13–15 with a self-portrait entitled Trapped. Sara Sonnenblick of Florida won the grand prize for ages 16–17. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is proud to present the winners and finalists of the 2022 Teen Portrait Competition! ![]()
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