The idea of photographing people who are not what they appear; in a medium that is also not quite what it appears to be, led me to this body of work called: Almost Real. All the men in my pictures are or were once biological females, and all the women are or were biological males. I wanted to present them as they see themselves: happy in the gender/bodies they have created, proud of who they are and where they’ve come from.

Margot Seares

Born in Baden bei Wien, Austria, Margot Seares came to Australia as a 2yr old with parents. Graduated in Illustrative Photography, RMIT 1970. Lived and worked in London, Paris, St Moritz. Returned to Australia permanently in 1992, resident in Jindabyne, NSW and Canberra. Master of Arts (Visual Art), ANU 2005. She was the winner of the Peoples Choice Award, Prometheus Award QLD, 2007. She was a finalist in Phoenix Spiritual Art Award ACT 2005; Sculpture By the Sea Bondi NSW 2006; Josephine Ulrick Award QLD 2005 & 2007, and William & Winifred Bowness prize VIC 2006.