Over her decades as a lesbian photographer and artist, Tee Corinne had said, "I'm one of the most obscure famous artists." Famous?
Yes. Obscure? Certainly not within artistic circles or within the queer art world, where she began doing groundbreaking work in the 1960s.
According to "Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia," "Tee Corinne is one of the most visible and accessible lesbian artists in the world." Corinne spoke in an interview with photographer Barbara Kyne in 2000 about why she chose photography: "I wanted to do something where content and politics could be satisfied.
Fine art has problems with accessibility. I was a Southerner active in the civil rights movement in the South. Printmaking was one way I could