Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits (1996) is a book collecting photographs and writing of Loren Cameron

Loren Cameron

Loren Rex Cameron is an American photographer, author and transsexual activist. His work includes portraiture and self-portraiture which consist of lesbian and transsexual bodies in both clothed and nude form...

. It documents the process of transition

Transitioning (transgender)

Transitioning is the process of changing one's gender presentation to accord with one's internal sense of one's gender - the idea of what it means to be a man or woman...

 and everyday lives of the author and other transmen.

The book

Body Alchemy: Transsexual Portraits was met with much positive criticism for its intimate yet respectful portrayal of transmen, and was a double 1996 Lambda Literary Award

Lambda Literary Award

Lambda Literary Awards are awarded yearly by the US-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes. Categories include Humor, Romance and Biography. To qualify, a book must have been published in the United States in the year current to the award...

 winner. It remains a milestone on the subject of FTM documentary and a book referred to in other works on transsexualism

Transsexualism

Transsexualism is an individual's identification with a gender inconsistent or not culturally associated with their biological sex. Simply put, it defines a person whose biological birth sex conflicts with their psychological gender...

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Table of Contents/Chapters

1. Introduction
2. Self-Portraits
3. God's Will
4. Distortions
5. The New Man Series
6. Our Bodies
7. Fellas
8. Emergence
9. Duo

External links

• Online Alchemy, the art of Loren Cameron (author's official page, publishes some photos from the book)