Episode 15 | Elle Pérez

Elle Pérez, Flushing, NY, 2017. Photograph by Jordan Weitzman

Recorded in Flushing, New York
Episode Length: 48:31
Air Date: October 23, 2017

Produced by: Jordan Weitzman
Edited by by: Cristal Duhaime

In this episode, Jordan Weitzman sits down with Elle Pérez at their home in Flushing, Queens. Elle had recently wrapped up the semester at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.  They begin by talking about Elle's experience there, both as a participant in 2015 and as a dean in 2017.

Elle's work deals with issues surrounding identity which has manifested itself through projects such as photographing underground wrestlers in the Bronx. Elle earned their MFA at Yale School of Art where they graduated in 2015. Their work has been featured in Aperture magazine and NEWSPAPER , and has been exhibited at Regen Projects in LA and the Danzinger gallery in New York. They have lectured at Harvard, UCLA and Yale and have recently participated in a forum on contemporary photography at MOMA. They are currently teaching at Harvard and RISD.

Binder, 2015 by Elle Pérez

Doubledicks, 2017 by Elle Pérez

Ian with Dick and Phone, 2017 by Elle Pérez 

Links:
http://cargocollective.com/elleperez