Loren Cameron

Loren Rex Cameron (March 13, 1959 – November 18, 2022) was an American photographer, author and transgender activist. His work includes portraits and self-portraits consisting of transgender bodies, particularly trans men, in both clothed and nude form.

Biography Loren Rex Cameron was born in Pasadena, California, on March 13, 1959. In 1969, after his mother's death, he moved to Dover, Arkansas, where he lived as a self-described tomboy on his father's farm. By the age of 16, Cameron identified as a lesbian and encountered homophobia in the small town where he lived. At this time, Cameron quit school and left home to seek work as a construction worker and other blue collar employment. Cameron's interest in photography coincided with the beginning of his transition from female to male, which he documented photographically. In 1993, Cameron began studying the basics of photography and started photographing the transgender community.

Photography Critics praised Cameron's photographs as compelling and informative, while his work also drew backlash as being sexually explicit.

Cameron's work was first shown as part of a 1994 exhibit in San Francisco. Hannabach wrote that Cameron's photography invoked issues of queer bioethics, and was intended to remove the clinical view of transsexual bodies and redefine them as not in need of a cure. Body Alchemy became a double 1996 Lambda Literary Award winner, and was described by The New York Times as "a revelation". The University paid Cameron $4,000 from student services He was also interviewed in The New Yorker magazine. Lambda Literary Award, Small Press Category, 1997 Lambda Literary Award Nominee, Best Photography Category, 1997 1997 FTM International Pride Award