Jussi Lautu

IN/VISIBILITY

The first non-binary self-portraits were realised as part of my master’s thesis in photography, and the photoshoots are still ongoing as part of my dissertation in gender studies.

If you’d like to have more information on the research project and would like to participate in the photoshoots (in Finland), please contact me via email

jussilautu (a) gmail.com

Here ‘non-binary’ is used as an umbrella term for anyone who does not self-evidently identify according to the binary gender norm as a man or a woman.

The project has been supported by Finnfoto ry, the Art Promotion Center Finland, The Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation and The Finnish Cultural Foundation.

This is a soft and gentle rebellion. Illegibility can be a form of resistance, failure a superpower.

Self-portrait of Vilma (2022)

Self-portrait of Uula (2022)

Self-portrait of Tiikka Drama (2022)

Self-portrait of Ti (2022)

Self-portrait of Suva (2022)

Self-portrait of Susanna (2022)

Self-portrait of Santi Mercedes Pachón Garzón (2022)

Self-portrait of S (2022)

Self-portrait of Ruusu (2022)

Self-portrait of Ronja (2022)

Self-portrait of Ringa (2022)

Self-portrait of Puro (2022)

Self-portrait of Penna (2022)

Self-portrait of Ouva Kotkanoja (2022)

Self-portrait of Myrsky (2022)

Self-portrait of Maaria (2022)

Self-portrait of Ly (2022)

Self-portrait of Lotta (2022)

Self-portrait of Jolene (2022)

Self-portrait of Jacques Saph (2022)

Self-portrait of iibislintu (2022)

Self-portrait of Helmi (2022)

Self-portrait of Heli (2022)

Self-portrait of harakka (2022)

Self-portrait of Fe Simeoni (2022)

Self-portrait of Ano (2022)

Self-portrait of Ami (2022)

Self-portrait of Alba (2022)

Self-portrait of Aava (2022)

Self-portrait of Aarni Riitasointu (2022)

Self-portrait of Aamu (2022)

21.4.– 8.5.2022, B-galleria, Turku

28.10.–20.11.2022 Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki, FI. photo Heidi Tirri

28.10.–20.11.2022 Hippolyte Studio, Helsinki, FI

7.-24.8.2021, Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, FI

Lines of Flight III (2020)

Self-portrait of Frank (2020)

Self-portrait of Aro Valtteri Mielonen (2020)

What is needed for queer visibility? I believe non-objectifying gaze is key. Readability should not be compulsory.

Lines of Flight I (2020)

Self-portrait of Emel Tuupainen (2020)

Self-portrait of Rooa Paldanius (2020)

These are self-portraits of non-binary people. This was a collaborative practice where the participants had control over their self-representation. They made and chose these portraits for this series.

Self-portrait of Miro (2020)

Self-portrait of Jonne Sippola (2020)

Needle in the Eye II (2020)

Needle in the Eye III (2020)

Self-portrait of T. Tommi (2020)

Self-portrait of jaani (2020)

Lines of Flight II (2020)

Self-portrait of Kamos (2020)

Self-portrait of Valo Syksy Elia (2020)

Lines of Flight IV (2020)

Self-portrait of Valtteri (2020)

Self-portrait of Ruska (2020)

Self-portrait of Jussi (2020)

Self-portrait of Luna Inkeri (2020)