As a queer person growing up, traveling by car presented an escape from an environment that was inhospitable to difference for LJ Roberts. Today, travel as a gender non-conforming person presents both freedom and danger. Over the past decade, LJ has amassed an archive of images that depict queer objects, structures, text, and landscapes across the US and internationally. They look for queerness that is subtly gestured or quietly expressed, as well as overt queerness. A horizon is unreachable in perpetuity.  In this image, LJ had pulled off onto the side of the road to let the dogs pee and stretch their legs.  Two giant tires cast shadows on their tiny bodies.  LJ lifted them out of the shadows, onto the giant pieces of rubber and they became the horizon. LJ received the White House Champions of Change Award for LGBTQI+ artists in 2015. Their work has been exhibited and acquired by museums across the US.

Artists website: www.ljroberts.net