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Allison Michael Orenstein: Tender Images of a Tough Word

by margaretroach on November 16, 2008

Whitney and Simone: A kiss from a best friend.

W HEN TSP SAW an image on photographer Allison Michael Orenstein’s website of a woman in a dress flexing her muscles, it spoke to a certain facet of the word sister for us. So we called the New York-based Orenstein to talk about sister politics in her photos—or so we thought.

Carrying our own stereotypes to the interview, we expected quite a different set of answers than the ones we got. Turns out the word “sister” is not an easy one for Allison, the younger sister to brothers who are five and seven years her senior. Nor is it a political statement for Orenstein at all. [click to continue…]

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