Jesus is My Slut
Robin Fader | Maryland, United States
Photographer: Robin Fader
Exhibit Title: Jesus is My Slut
Location: Maryland, United States
June 25, 2023. At the Pride Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland, a street corner is infiltrated by evangelistic priests.With sound speakers at a deafening pitch, they preach that Pride attendees will face hell and damnation, yet they hide their faces behind bibles. It becomes a battle of sound and song as the LGBTQ+ crowd dances and sings to drown out the priests’ messages of hate and sin. They are successful as many in the crowd join them.
2023 has seen a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation introduced around the U.S. Hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills are in place to limit or ban the rights of trans youth.
I am an ally and through my photography, I am standing up to the daily harassment, discrimination and marginalization facing the LGBTQ+ community. Through photos, I stand up for LGBTQ+ rights.
Robin Fader
rfader@comcast.net
@robinfader on Instagram
I am a Washington, DC based, multi-Emmy award-winning commercial producer and photographer, focusing on activism, protests, social justice and pro-democracy themed photography.
My photo subjects have included: Fascists, babies, socialites, activists, drag queens, firefighters, tv anchors & reporters, hairstylists, consulting firms, dentists, musicians, a high-profile member of Congress, Buddhist monks, coroners and a few famous folks.
In recent years, my photos have been featured on CBS Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley, Canadian Broadcast News, Washingtonian Magazine, Bethesda Magazine, Shutter Magazine, Michigan Today, on NBC Washington, DC and in Transition, a documentary photography book. I’ve also also co-authored the award-winning documentary photography book 2020 Unmasked. My work has been shown at the International Center of Photography, NYC, Photoworks at Glen Echo Photo Slam 2021, Rise up.BLM Photo Exhibition 2021, Washington, DC and the 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona 2022.
I’m so grateful to have been named winner of the documentary photography category by the 2022 & 2023 International Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, the 17th Pollux Awards and 1st Place Winner of the 2022 International Photography Award Events/Social Cause.
My wish is that in the years beyond my life, my photographs will help us remember, recover from and ultimately repair the wrongs of these troubled times.
I welcome pro-bono work for non-profits.
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