B. Proud. It’s not a slogan. It’s the name that’s on her birth certificate, and Barbara Proud says that it’s a name she must live up to.
As both a commercial and fine art photographer, B. Proud has exhibited her work in solo and group shows around the globe. In addition to working with clients such as the Human Rights Campaign, Brooks Running Shoes, the LPGA and more, she was an Adjunct Professor of Photography at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia for 25 year and is now faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art. (MICA).
Over the past several years, her personal work has predominantly engaged with the myriad injustices faced by the LGBTQ+ community, with a current focus on the transgender experience. The pieces exhibited in “On Beauty” represent a reexamination of her earlier work, now reimagined through the integration of mixed media techniques. This evolution aims to offer novel perspectives on the representation of corporeal forms.
Proud’s work is included in the Weeks Gallery, Jamestown, NY, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Delaware Art Museum, the Biggs Museum of American Art, Eastman Kodak, Haverford College, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and private collections.