Ran across an interesting set of portraits of transmen and transwoman by photographer Jana Marcus, whose exhibit about transmen opened in Santa Cruz last weekend and runs through June 30 at the Institute of Contemporary Art. An online slideshow also includes her portraits of transwoman.

The show received stellar reviews from the alternative weeklies in Santa Cruz and San Jose, where the exhibit, which was included in Photo District News’ “Best Photos of the Year 2005” annual, showed previously. Marcus pairs the formalist portraits with interviews, some quite moving, with her subjects.

Unfortunately, I missed the opening reception, but I’ll have to go check it out.