From Robert Mapplethorpe to Deborah Bright, this is the essential guide to queer photography.

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“…an essential resource for anyone interested in art, identity, and politics—or the intersection of all three.”

“Finally, an inclusive and international queer photo survey from Nan Goldin and Beb, to Peter Hujar and Michel Journiac” – SF Bay Times

Photography - A Queer History examines how photography has been used by artists to capture, create and expand the category 'Queer'. It bookmarks different thematic concerns central to queer photography, forging unexpected connections to showcase the diverse ways the medium has been used to fashion queer identities and communities.

How has photography advanced fights against LGBTQ+ discrimination? How have artists used photography to develop a queer aesthetic? How has the production and circulation of photography served to satisfy the queer desire for images, and created transnational solidarities?

Photography - A Queer History includes the work of 84 artists. It spans different historical and national contexts, and through a mix of thematic essays and artist-centred texts brings young photographers into conversation with canonical images.
 

• Artists include:
  • Wolfgang Tillmans
  • Roxy Lee
  • Linden
  • Archivo de la Memoria Trans
  • Alvin Baltrop
  • Leonard Fink
  • Nan Goldin
  • Hal Fischer
  • Tessa Boffin 
  • Juliana Huxtable
  • Rotimi Fani-Kayode 
  • Claude Cahun & MarceI Moore
  • Christopher Udemezue
  • Sarah Pucill 
  • Duane Michals 
  • Mumtaz Karimjee
  • Alice Austen 
  • Mohamad Abdouni
  • Tammy Rae Carland
  • Dean Sameshima
  • Rosy Martin
  • Yuki Kihara
  • Sunil Gupta
  • Mahmoud Khaled
  • Kiss & Tell Collective
  • Ajamu
  • Del LaGrace Volcano
  • Evergon
  • Leon Mostovy
  • Bob Mitzer
  • Robert Mapplethorpe
  • Jill Posener
  • Liliana Zeic
  • Kia LaBeija
  • Phyllis Christopher
  • Libuse Jarcovjakova
  • Kearra Amaya Gopee
  • Richard Sawdon Smith
  • Laurence Rasti
  • Cassils
  • Ma Liuming
  • Michel Journiac
  • Tseng Kwong Chi
  •  Jurgen Klauke
  • Paul Mpagi Sepuya
  • Zackary Drucker
  • JEB (Joan E. Biren)
  • Bernice Abbott
  • Zanele Muholi
  • Charan Singh
  • Emily Andersen
  • Fabian Guerrero
  • Eric Gyamfi
  • JJ Levine
  • Peter Hujar
  • Ruth Bernhard
  • Sabelo Mlangeni
  • Daniel Jack Lyons
  • Asa Johannesson
  • Slava Mogutin
  • Evan Benally Atwood 
  • David Benjamin Sherry
  • Deborah Bright
  • Young Sun Han
  • John Dugdale
  • Tee Corinne
  • Lola Flash
  • Mark Morrisroe
  • Kali Spitzer
  • Joy Epsialla
  • Laura Aguilar
  • Mickalene Thomas
  • Lin Zhipeng
  • Catherine Opie
  • Jimmy DeSana
  • Pierre Molinier
  • Martine Gutierrez
  • Yve Lomax