A transgender photographer from the US has started to offer gender-affirming photo edits. Andrea Carpenter, from St Johns, Michigan, started the editing business Gender Carpentry after editing herself in a prom photo to look female in an attempt to feel more comfortable looking back on old memories.
Carpenter describes her editing process as “A gender-confirming change to a memory” in which she takes an old photo – taken pre-transition – and applies edits to make it align with the person’s current gender. Having gone through the discomfort and pain families experience with transitioning firsthand, Andrea wanted to provide a service that would help people hold onto cherished memories.
