I’m a queer artist & photographer, with a portrait studio in downtown Indianapolis.
With my studio, I specialize in headshots & event photography for solopreneurs, small businesses and non-profits. I also focus on the performing arts, including show choirs, dance & drag queens.
As a photographic artist, I experiment with light & shadows, creative abstractions and artistic interpretations of the world around me. I love to photograph nature, the nude form, and street life. I also use art to ... view more »
Artist Style: Visual: Abstract, Collage, Contemporary, Documentary, Environmental, Experimental, Focus on Color/Light/Movement, Interactive, Portraiture, Representational, Social Commentary, Still Life, Surrealistic
Artist Medium: Visual Arts: Photography
I am a queer artist & photographer with a downtown studio since 2016. I’ve been focusing on portraits & event photography, having also dabbled in nature and street photography.
In 2021/22. I stepped away from commercial work to take an artistic & creative sabbatical. During this time, I studied & explored digital transformations for conceptual nude & portrait photography as a form of art therapy and spiritual renewal.
In 2022/23, I launched my new dudeoir art studio under the name C Todd Dudeoir.
Currently I’m combining my community activism and my photography into something I call artivism. I continue to dabble in headshots, event photography including performing arts, and sensually dudeoir art expressions.
“CelebrateUU” is a social movement I started to reduce stigma associated with living with HIV. It’s a work in progress, with a goal of having an art intervention on World AIDS Day in 202? ● 2020
“Mass Transit Is NOT a Drag” was a community art project I led to promote the new Red Line mass transit option in Indianapolis, partnering with 7 local drag performers. ● 2019
Marion County Ryan White Planning Council – Secretary ● 2023-present
HIV Modernization Movement – Coalition Building Lead ● 2022-present
Damien Center – Client Representative, Board of Directors ● 2020-2021
Mental Health America of Indiana – Board of Directors ● 2019-2023
Indiana NOFAS, Chair – Board of Directors ● 2019-2023
Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild, Secretary – Board of Directors ● 2017-2020
Indiana Addictions Issues Coalition, Board of Directors ● 2013-2016
Broadway United Methodist Church, Chair of Finance Committee ● 2010-2014
“HIV Is Not A Crime” series of digital art created for a Trail Talk on HIV Criminalization Reform at the Phoenix Theater ● 2022
“Spirit Journey” created as part of the IUPUI Arts & Humanities Institute (IAHI)’s Religion, Spirituality & Arts Program, displayed as part of a program art gallery show at The Harrison Center ● 2022
“Skeleton Princes” awarded Top 10 Portraits at North Central District Competition ● Professional Photographers of America ● 2021
“CelebrateUU” is a social movement I started to reduce stigma associated with living with HIV, working towards a collection of 25 photographic stories to be displayed at the Marion County Central Public Library for World AIDS Day in 2024 ● 2020-present
Received the Top 10 Indiana Photographers Award at State Fair Print Competition ● Indiana State Fair & Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild ● 2019
“Breath of Fire” awarded Honorable Mention at State Fair Print Competition ● Indiana State Fair & Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild ● 2019
“Light Reflections” awarded 2nd place at North Central District Competition, accepted into the Loan Collection at International Print Competition ● Professional Photographers of America ● 2019
“Dragonfly” and “Lily, Cloudy Reflection” awarded Honorable Mention at State Fair Print Competition ● Indiana State Fair & Indianapolis Professional Photographers Guild ● 2014