Sarah Wong and transgender people

People Reviewed June 17, 2025 1 min read

Sarah Wong is a Dutch photographer and visual artist whose work centers on themes of awareness, identity, and transformation. Wong published a book on gender diverse youth.

Background

Sarah Julia Wong studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, earning a degree in photography in 1990.

In 2003, Wong began “Inside Out: Portraits of Cross-Gender Children,” a photo book chronicling Dutch transgender youth.

In summer 2018, Wong resumed the project with crowdfunding campaign for The Follow Up: 2003–2020.

References

Kellner, Amy (August 23, 2012), Sarah Wong’s Portraits of Dutch Transgendered Children. New York Times https://archive.nytimes.com/6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/sarah-wongs-portraits-of-dutch-transgendered-children/

Selected publications

de Visser, Ellen; Wong, Sarah [photographer] Cleaver, Martin [translator] (2010). Inside Out: Portraits of Cross-gender Children. W Books, ISBN‑13 978‑9089102423

Wong S (fotografie), de Visser E (tekst). Genderkinderen – geboren in het verkeerde lichaam. Zwolle, NL: ÈposHouse; 2012. 87 pp. ISBN 978‑9491403019

Wong S (fotografie), de Visser E (tekst). Genderkinderen – geboren in het verkeerde lichaam. Zwolle, NL: d’jonge Hond; 2010. 87 pp. ISBN 978‑9089102416