about
B. Proud is a commercial freelance and fine art photographer and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her new work, "First Comes Love," is a documentary project celebrating longterm relationships in the LGBTQ community. The project was selected as one of the Best of ASMP for 2011, placed 3rd in the annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, and was recently part of the 4th Biennale of Photography in Berlin. Solo shows have been show in New York City, Philadelphia, Delaware, Washington, DC, Minneapolis, Seattle, Yakima, Washington, and Florida. The project has received grants from the Delaware State Arts Council, the Puffin Foundation, and the B.W. Bastian Foundation. In 2014 it was published as a hardbound book. "First Comes Love: Portraits of Enduring LGBTQ Relationships," with a foreword by LGBTQ icon, Edie Windsor, was awarded a gold medal by the Independent Publishers Book Awards in 2016. www.firstcomeslove.org