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Joshua Brinlee, Self-Portrait as Cruiser, 2017 Joshua Brinlee is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Memphis, TN. He received his BFA and MFA from Memphis College of Art in Studio Art. Josh holds the position of Associate Professor of Foundations at the University of Mississippi. He employs digital and analog techniques to create his self-portraits. His work explores concepts of gender, identity, originality, and authenticity through self-portraiture.     ETSU MFA Studio Arts Candidate, Annie Hutchins: Hi, Josh. Thank you so much for doing this! To start, what are some of the inspirations behind your work?     Joshua Brinlee : Within my work, being LGBTQ queer in the South, I feel as if my voice is not always heard. I utilize self-portraiture, even though I hate pictures of myself, as a way to communicate my views or thoughts on masculinity and my position. By using myself, I am able to work with a readily available subject. In my work, I've been dealing more ...

  Parker Day, I can be your angel I can be your devil, 2017  MFA Studio Arts Candidate, Delaney  Rogers: Hi, everyone! This is Parker Day with me, she is a visual artist based in Los Angeles, and she's known for her portraits, exploring identity with bright colors, exaggerated  expressions  and with lots of makeup and dress involved. So thank you for joining me Parker.   Parker Day: Yes. happy to be here.   Delaney Rogers: So you shoot with film. Right?   Parker Day: I do. Yeah, I shoot exclusively with film, mostly 35 mm. Every now and again I will dabble with medium format. Generally to my taste medium format just looks too much like digital, you get too much resolution and I like a bit of grit and grain and I like things to be kind of obfuscated by the grain. You know, I don't I don't need like smooth perfection that you get with medium format or contemporary digital cameras. 35 mm has more of a nostalgic quality to it, since it's a...