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Jeff Sheng

Sm{art}: Jeff Sheng's Don't Ask Don't Tell

Art and Design post by Kjerstin Johnson on February 11, 2010 - 4:43pm; tagged don't ask don't tell, gay, Jeff Sheng, lesbian, military, Photography, queer.

two women with their backs to the camera sit on a hotel bed facing a wall. Both their faces are obscured. One woman in uniform leans in to the other woman's face. Their embracing shadow is cast on the wall above the bed

The problematic policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell, implemented in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, has now been beautifully, if not dutifully rendered visible by LA-based photographer Jeff Sheng. That is, visible to the certain point his courageous subjects can be while in uniform.
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