Z Walsh’s Feminine Man documents his relationship with women and with femininity as a transgender man. For this work, Walsh reached out to the women who made him the man he is today. He claims his manhood by honoring femininity in himself and others.
Z Walsh is a Brooklyn based artist creating raw, intimate portraits of his subjects and himself. Working as a male photographer, Z's practice is shaped by his past experience modeling and doing sex work as a girl. Since coming out in 2016, Walsh has been recognized internationally as a photographer and director. His work is guided by an unwavering commitment to studying and adoring transgender beauty while combating transmasculine erasure.
The exhibition is part of 2025-26 program called Textures of Security, which has been curated through an open call by the museum’s curatorial team and invited curator Farbod Fakharzadeh, and supported by Finnish Heritage Agency.
The Finnish Museum of Photography
1st floor
The Cable Factory, Kaapeliaukio 3, Helsinki
