Ĭameron died by suicide at his home in Berkeley, California, on November 18, 2022, at the age of 63. By 1995, Cameron's photographs had been shown in solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Minneapolis, and Los Angeles. He gave lectures on his work at universities, educational conferences and art institutes. In 1993, Cameron began studying the basics of photography and started photographing the transsexual community. Cameron's interest in photography coincided with the beginning of his transition from female to male, which he documented photographically. In 1979, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he identified socially with the lesbian community until the age of 26, when he confronted his dissatisfaction with his body and was excluded from the lesbian community. At this time, Cameron quit school and left home to seek work as a construction worker and other blue collar employment. By the age of 16, Cameron identified as a lesbian and encountered homophobia in the small town where he lived.

In 1969, after his mother's death, he moved to Dover, Arkansas, where he lived as a self-described tomboy on his father's farm. Loren Rex Cameron was born in Pasadena, California, on August 28, 1959. His work includes portraits and self-portraits consisting of transsexual bodies, particularly trans men, in both clothed and nude form. Loren Rex Cameron (Aug– November 18, 2022) was an American photographer, author and transgender activist.

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