A Chicago native, Evan Schwartz is a trans artists who received his BA in Photography from Pratt Institute. His narrative work explores the process of human behavior, identity and transformation with a focus on gender. Past series include “Reclaiming Puberty” and “Best Man” which channel adolescence in stereotypical coming of age moments that are recreated so that Schwartz himself can experience them as a man. He explores platonic relationships between men in “Best Man,” with careful attention to the quiet space between bodies and conversation. His current series, “Lies I Tell Myself,” explore memorized facial expressions that he’s received when his identity as a trans man is revealed. Over time, Evan has learned to turn those looks back on himself which fuel a distorted narrative which he carries in his psyche.