GYRLE

  • Dates
    2012 - 2016
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Contemporary Issues, Documentary
  • Location United States, United States

GYRLE is an anecdotal observation into female gender expression. Years after I met her as a teenage boy named "Mac", I began the process of getting to know a woman named Lorelei. 

"In my mind, my own self-image, is the picture of Jennifer and some of the other girls I knew and admired back then. Girls I desperately wanted to be like. Wishing every day that I could be one of those awkward teenage girls instead of the awkward teenage boy I was pretending to be.”

-Lorelei, 2016

Years after I met her as a teenage boy named "Mac", I began the process of getting to know a woman named Lorelei. 

GYRLE is an anecdotal observation into female gender expression. Images from my personal archive paired with those of Lorelei’s new life pose questions about the archetype of womanhood.

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei (Robert) and Jennifer / 2016
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Lorelei (Robert) and Jennifer / 2016

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, in need of treatment / 2013
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Lorelei, in need of treatment / 2013

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, reflecting / 2013
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Lorelei, reflecting / 2013

© Jennifer  Loeber - Jennifer (age 10), imitating Cyndi Lauper / 2016, Lorelei, making cosmetic choices / 2012
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Jennifer (age 10), imitating Cyndi Lauper / 2016, Lorelei, making cosmetic choices / 2012

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, in the Florida sun / 2013
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Lorelei, in the Florida sun / 2013

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, at the Salvation Army / 2014
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Lorelei, at the Salvation Army / 2014

© Jennifer  Loeber - Jennifer (age 12), at a graduation party / 2016, Lorelei, at Payless Shoes / 2014
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Jennifer (age 12), at a graduation party / 2016, Lorelei, at Payless Shoes / 2014

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, in the backyard / 2016
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Lorelei, in the backyard / 2016

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, with Alex / 2014
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Lorelei, with Alex / 2014

© Jennifer  Loeber - Jennifer (age 11), relaxing in her bedroom / 2016, Lorelei, an artist’s model / 2016
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Jennifer (age 11), relaxing in her bedroom / 2016, Lorelei, an artist’s model / 2016

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, on the beach / 2013
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Lorelei, on the beach / 2013

© Jennifer  Loeber - Jennifer (age 17), dressed for senior prom / 2016, Lorelei, crowning Miss Trans New England / 2012
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Jennifer (age 17), dressed for senior prom / 2016, Lorelei, crowning Miss Trans New England / 2012

© Jennifer  Loeber - Lorelei, with her mother / 2013
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Lorelei, with her mother / 2013

© Jennifer  Loeber - Jennifer (age 6), before the recital / 2016, Lorelei, two-time pageant winner / 2012
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Jennifer (age 6), before the recital / 2016, Lorelei, two-time pageant winner / 2012

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