A New York photographer is hoping to release a set of playing cards which celebrates queer women, gender non-conforming and non-binary people.
Naima Green has been sharing her process on social media, using crowd-funding to promote the project, titled Pur•suit. The kickstarter campaign raised over $33,000, enough to move the playing cards into production.
"Pur·suit is a celebration of queer communities," Green writes of the project.
"I want to reflect my queer community, comprised mostly of women of color, and how our experiences are (or most often are not) represented.
"I continue to think about how our communities are named and by whom. In Brooklyn, I’m fortunate to see queer families, partnerships, and friendships of all kinds on a daily basis. I’m also reminded that our community is an oasis."
She continues: It is my hope that Pur·suit can be that for all who use these cards; that it will serve as a reminder of queer faces and experiences, play, love, and a testimony that we are here."
For Green, the 54 card deck represents a "missing data set", saying it helps to "complete an image of the world that we live in."
Accompanying the cards will be a digital archive: "a glimpse into complex worlds through photographs, letters, poems, and audio clips the archive will create space for folks to share themselves however they choose."
Sharing Polaroid photos on her social media, the project has already gained a lot of traction among members of the LGBTIQ+ community.
