Cloudy Rhodes

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Cloudy Rhodes is an Australian photographer and filmmaker. [1] Their short film, Lo Loves You played along with the American film First Girl I Loved in Australia in 2017. [2] Both films explored LGBT issues. Rhodes has directed a music video for Sonic Youth. [3] The video uses Australian landscape as a backdrop for homoerotic imagery. [3] Their photography has drawn attention from major magazines. [4] They are a photographer for Teen Vogue . [5] Rhodes has been profiled for their surfing. [6] [4]

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Personal life

Rhodes was born in Palm Beach, Florida, to parents who were both painters, [7] and grew up in Sydney, Australia. [4] Their brother is also a filmmaker. [7] Rhodes is openly lesbian. [8] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Syfret, Wendy (25 October 2016). "cloudy rhodes thinks everyone deserves a love story". i-D. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Syfret, Wendy (12 April 2017). "dylan gelula and Cloudy Rhodes on the power of young queer love". i-D. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 "whatever: Cloudy-Rhodes cosmic youth's 'sunsets' premieres on russh magazine". velvet.la. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "You Should Know: Photographer and Surfer Cloudy Rhodes". Surf Collective. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "Cloudy Rhodes". Teen Vogue . Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Cloudy Rhodes". The Drifter. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Cloudy Rhodes: Photographer: Sydney". Almost Real. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Cloudy Rhodes (28 April 2019). "My belated lesbian visibility day and non-binary. selfie". Instagram . Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  9. ↑ i-D Team (7 December 2017). "australia said yes to same-sex marriage, now what?". i-D. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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