Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits
AuthorLoren Cameron
Cover artistLoren Cameron and Bernie Schimbke
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiography, photography
PublisherCleis Press
Publication date
1996
Pages110
ISBN978-1-57344-062-2
OCLC34850194
305.3 20
LC ClassHQ77.95.U6 C36 1996

Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits is a 1996 book collecting photographs and writing of Loren Cameron. It documents the process of transition and everyday lives of the author and other trans men.

The book

Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits was met with much praise for its intimate yet respectful portrayal of trans men, and was a double 1996 Lambda Literary Award winner.[1][2] It remains a milestone on the subject of FTM documentary and a book referred to in other works on transsexualism.[3]

References and footnotes

  1. ^ "Online Alchemy's book section, citing some of the reviews". Archived from the original on 2000-02-05. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
  2. ^ Lambda Literary Foundation :: LL Awards Recipients :: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Archived April 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Amazon.com book details ("Citations"), January 27, 2007.