J Houston is an American photographer, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. They studied art and gender theory at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and are based in New York.
Their photographs show a domestic, rural side of queer life rather than the big city and nightlife, often through what they call magical realism. Their first monograph, Tuck and Roll (GOST Books, 2023), imagines a queer utopia in the American Midwest. The title comes from a definition they found in a Stonewall-era policing manual.
Their work has been shown at the Aviary Gallery, Amos Eno Gallery, the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art and the New York Photo Festival, among others.
