Wynne Neilly: the award-winning photographer Elliott Page trusted with his first portrait after coming out as trans
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The 2021 TIME Magazine cover of Elliott Page was a big deal because it was his first big portrait after coming out as trans. Wynne Neilly was the photographer behind the lens that day, and now he’s just won the New Generation Photography Award as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Wynne tells Tom how his own vulnerability as a trans man built the trust they needed for the cover shoot, and the difference between a photo of someone and a portrait.
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