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i take photos, read, and write in toronto, canada.

my creative practice is based in 35mm film photography and community/public arts engagement. much of my ongoing photo work consists of explorations of spacetime, care, and orientations towards the world and others. additionally, my digital photography work consists of lifestyle portraiture, live music and event documentation, and headshots. i create photo zines and exhibit at local art and zine fairs. recently, i completed a master of arts in communication and culture at toronto metropolitan university and york university (joint program) where i explored art, archives, and affect.

⬩ my creative and research interests include: queer and feminist studies, critical place-making, ethics, archives and curation, visual culture, digital humanities, literature.
⬩ situated at the nexus of art, community engagement, and politics, my professional interests lie in: anti-oppression and intersectionality in the arts, community and youth work, arts programming and curation, event planning, communications and social media, and books/publishing.

feel free to reach out to me about community arts and culture, what you’ve been reading lately, and photo-making!

find me online:
〰 instagram: @paulinevknguyen
〰 linkedin: pauline nguyen

find me irl: biking around toronto (but never north of dupont because the hills are treacherous), reading at a cafe with earl grey by my side, lying on the grass at riverdale park.

september on #kodakgold200 ✧ #35mm ✨🌊🍃

some photos (･ω･)つ⊂(･ω･) #35mm ✧ #portra400

personally, i'm in no rush to return to the physical classroom given that we're still in a pandemic, but taking a York U hybrid online/in-person course in visual culture and sexualities (taught by dr. gabby moser) has been one of the best experiences ive had in grad school. one of the in-person exhibits we went to see as a class was We Buy Gold at @gallerytpw curated by michele pearson clarke @tophotolaureate last month. here are some photos i took during that visit, both on #kodakgold200 (admittedly very undesirably green and yellow-tinged in artificial lighting) and my phone camera. spot the shrimp wheel photo by tom hsu 🍤🍤🍤

more from september on #portra400 ✧ #35mm. also i didn't realize that i had shared some of the photos from yesterday's carousel already in a previous post whoops

some scenes from september 😚 on #portra400 ⬩ #35mm

there was a mosquito bite right in the middle of my forehead...... i edited it out 😩

hello! i have a review out today of legacy russell's (@ellerustle) art criticism x manifesto essay collection Glitch Feminism (published by @versobooks) on @femmeartreview at FemmeArtReview.com/Reviews — link is also in my bio! 🥰🌈🌌 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "How can glitch, which at its core is refusal, be reworked as something wonderful in our feminist, queer, and anti-racist utopic envisioning and collective mobilizations?"

september 🤗 on #portra400 ✧ #35mm

aaron in august + droopy tree. i really really resent the instagram 4:5 aspect ratio — these look a lot better uncropped on my website (paulinevknguyen.com / link in bio) 🤗✧ #portra400 #35mm

bloordale, august? maybe september? on #portra400 ✧ #35mm 🐦

august 28th at prospect cemetery on #portra400 ✧ #35mm

cassie @g.r.8.u in september on #portra400 ✧ #35mm 🥰