Relationship #26

The series Relationship can be approached in several ways. First, it is a documentation of the romantic relationship between artists Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst, which lasted from 2008 to 2014. The pair’s photographs were not originally intended for exhibition or publication; they are snapshots of their daily routine and mementos of their life as a couple. Relationship also documents the numerous physical changes that occurred as the couple simultaneously realigned from one gender to another. Drucker is today a trans woman and Ernst a trans man. In their photographs, the artists capture the successive stages of their respective processes of gender realignment. Relationship therefore assumes a third level of meaning, since it also refers to the relationship of an individual with their body.