Catherine Opie

Catherine was born 1961 in Sandusky Ohio and is a documentary photographer. She attended California Institute of the Arts School of Art in 1988 and now is a professor of photography at the University of California. She focuses on different communities such as the GLBT community as she is a lesbian herself. She also likes to play with gender role, and has a series of lesbians with false mustaches.

you can look at some of her work here http://www.regenprojects.com/artists/catherine-opie/images/