Author: JEBIn the years that followed the publication of 'Eye to Eye', JEB collaborated with people from all walks of life who built communities and worked for political change. 'Making a Way: Lesbians Out Front', originally published in 1987, depicts the spirit and energy of this movement in more than a hundred emotionally resonant photographs that take us from passionate activism to thoughtful solitude. Remarks and remembrances from each woman photographed deepen the historic record. This reissue of 'Making a Way' adds insightful new essays by Cheryl Clarke and JD Samson, resulting in an essential document of an era whose impact continues to be felt across our society today.JEB (Joan E. Biren) has been influential by actively challenging the representation of lesbians, the way we understand photographic history, and how we speak about image-making. JEB (Joan E. Biren) first introduced viewers to her photographs in 1979 when she published 'Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians', a groundbreaking celebration of women loving women. She has documented LGBTQI+ lives and communities since the 1970s, publishing groundbreaking books and making award-winning films. Her first book, Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians, was reissued to international acclaim in 2021 by Anthology Editions. The Dyke Show, a slide presentation JEB toured with through the 1980s,was recently digitized andis now exhibited in video format around the country.Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty Museum, the Leslie- Lohman Museum in NYC, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis among other places. JEB lives surrounded by chosen family and occasionally tries to retire from media making. Her plan is never to retire from social justice activism.ISBN 9781944860660. Anthology Editions. hb. 116 pages. 21 x 28 cm.out of print
