Laura Aguilar (born San Gabriel, California, 1959) is an American photographer. Her work is arguably feminist and celebrates being a lesbian, focusing in large part on social minorities.Aguilar claims to be "mostly self taught," though she did study at East Los Angeles Community College. Her work has been in the Venice Biennial, Italy; the Los Angeles City Hall Bridge Gallery, the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), and the Los Angeles Photography Center, Women's Center Gallery at the University of California in Santa Barbara and elsewhere.Her work challenges contemporary social constructs of beauty, focusing in large part on lesbian women of color. She often uses self-portraiture to help her come to terms with her own body as she challenges societal norms of sexuality, class, gender, and race.
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