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⁠ #sponsored: Jess T. Dugan believes that artists have a question that they try to answer over and over again through their work. For Jess, whose portraits explore issues of identity, gender and sexuality, that question has centered around what it means to live authentically, especially when you have an identity that is different than what other people expect. For her project “To Survive on This Shore,” Jess and her partner, Vanessa Fabbre, spent five years traveling across the U.S. photographing and interviewing transgender and gender nonconforming individuals over the age of 50. Follow the link in bio to read more about Jess and see more of her photographs.⁠ ⁠ For a chance to be featured in PDN's Instagram feed, post your own photograph and use the hashtag #MyFujifilmLegacy.⁠ ⁠ #TheLegacyProject #CreateForever #LGBTQ #transgender #photography #photographer #Fujifilm⁠ ⁠ [Photo © Jess T. Dugan/Courtesy of the Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago]