Leslie Sheryll

This startling 19th-century tintype inspired me to create a narrative using text taken directly from the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade. Abortion had been legal throughout most of the 19th century until the Comstock Act of 1873 made it illegal. It took Roe vs Wade, one hundred years later, to reverse that law. Once again, the right to a safe, legal abortion has been unfairly ripped away from half of the women in this country. We cannot afford to go back to an era when women have no control over their own bodies.

Bio

Leslie Sheryll grew up in New York City and became interested in photography when she attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan. She continued her photographic and art education at The Kansas City Art Institute where she received her BFA. Over the years Sheryll worked in various venues related to photography as well as the fashion industry. Currently, Sheryll devotes her time to her fine art practice by exploring female identity in a male-centric society. Her work has been in numerous group shows and publications in both the U.S. and Europe. She received the  2020 International Photography Exhibition, Royal Photographic Selectors Spotlight Award, Bristol England, 2018 Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers 11th Edition, 2018  PORTALS, Grand Prize winner, Juror Darren Ching of Klompching Gallery,  2018  The Photography Gala Awards, Women Seen By Women, (runner up), 2017  The Gala Awards 10th Pollux Award winner.