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Dena Elisabeth Eber

You Refuse To Believe that You Ever Liked Pink

Publication date: June 2023

Photobooks
Dena Elisabeth Eber’s courageous portrayal of her daughter’s gender transition to Alex, and Eber’s own evolution into a loving and caring mother of a seemingly new person reveals the struggles and strengths of both mother and child.

The project, You Refuse To Believe that You Ever Liked Pink, documents the year during which Alex and Dena came to understand what their mutual transitions looked like and meant. As a young adult with autism spectrum disorder and countless physical ailments, Alex struggles to exist in a world that seems to run counter to how Dena’s child understands it.

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About the book:

Dena Elisabeth Eber
ISBN ‎9789053309582
Essay by Alexa Dilworth
Design by Caleb Cain Marcus, Luminosity Lab
Published by Schilt Publishing & Gallery
Hardcover, 17 x 22.5 cm, 128 Pages, 65 photographs

Press:

Vanity Fair Italia
Huck
The Phoblographer
All About Photo
Photo London Book Club: Book of the Month, April 2023
Focus magazine
Jewish Women’s Archive
Milk art journal
GCN: 9 amazing LGBTQ+ books to add to your reading list 
Hundred Heroines
Leporello—New Bodies. Gender Practices in Contemporary Art Publishing

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All photographs © Natasha Gafina, unless stated otherwise. 

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