Photography - A Queer History in Bloomington, MN

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?
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