Photo by Julie Rae Powers

Eddy Dahl (b. 1987) is a trans nonbinary artist and educator. They work with photographs, text, and video to make sense of the existential mindfuck of being trans in a state hostile to trans bodies.

During their first and second puberties, they passed a road sign that screamed “HELL IS REAL” on their way to get lost in wetlands and forests. They enjoy stargazing and desecrating transphobic rules. They sometimes feel like a spring, a place where water moving underground finds an opening to the surface and emerges. Playfully winking at the historical links between photography and hard evidence, Eddy engages with the camera as a trusted co-conspirator that delights in the mysteries of trans self-recognition.

They reside on the stolen and occupied land of the šaawanwaki (Shawnee) and Myaamiaki (Miami) peoples, colonially known as Columbus, Ohio.

Contact: dahle@wittenberg.edu
Instagram: @alluvial.fan
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