B. Proud

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 has to 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. A career highlight was photographing President Barack Obama and Lady Gaga on the same day. B. Proud’s current work is a series of socially conscious documentary projects focused on the LGBTQ+ and transgender communities. "First Comes Love," is a traveling exhibition of photographs, stories and video of couples in long-term relationships. The project’s hardbound book received publishing two gold medals. Her short film, “A Circle of Diamonds,” about LGBTQ icon Edie Windsor’s diamond engagement pin, has been included in 16 film festivals worldwide. The sequel project, “Transcending Love” is a current work in progress and is focused on transgender and gender non-conforming couples across the country in attempt to open hearts and minds to a community deserving of understanding, respect, and basic human rights. Proud’s projects have received grants from the B.W. Bastian Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, The University of the Arts, and the Delaware State Arts Council. Her work is included in the Weeks Gallery, Jamestown, NY, the Delaware Art Museum, Eastman Kodak, Haverford College, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and private collections.