In a country where identifying as LGBTQ+ can threaten your existence, the openness with which Ponomarev’s participants share their stories carves a path for others to do the same
“When gender is a binary, it’s a battlefield,” said the queer author Kate Bornstein. “Get rid of the binary, and gender becomes a playground.”
If to be seen is to exist, we must not underestimate the power of photography to validate our experiences.
With the history of the medium anchored in the white male gaze, this collection celebrates artists who traverse new realms of agency and autonomy, exploring the important role that photography can play in visualising marginalised identities.