Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterA stunning new solo show of work from New York based photographer Mariette Pathy Allen is currently on view at the Yeelen Gallery in Miami’s Little Haiti district. The Exhibition is titled TransCuba as it is a collection of some 30 vibrant images that Allen took of the transgender community in Cuba. Allen’s work … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe first successful election of Barack Obama to be the U.S. President in 2008 was marred by many in the LGBT community for the fact that it was also the day that Prop 8 was passed in California once again making same-sex marriages illegal again. It was a bitter blow but out of adversity, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe best thing about Sabine Lidl’s captivating documentary on the celebrated photographer Nan Goldin is that she so perfectly captured the brutal honesty of both the woman and her work. Since the 1970’s Goldin has been photographing unfiltered raw shocking images of addiction, desire and sexuality but unlike her peers these were not of models … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterFotoFest, an international non-profit photographic arts and education organization based in Houston, Texas is mounting a new exhibition I AM A CAMERA : LGBTQ Communities Seen From Within that runs July – August 29th 2015 . The nine artists in this exhibition work directly with particular communities, which at times include themselves, in the creation … Continue reading
