Gender & Sexuality

Identity, not Anatomy: Katia Repina and Carla Moral’s portrait of the intersex experience

Repina and Moral’s ongoing series aims to create a celebratory platform to champion intersex identity

8 January 2021

Gaze: The bilingual magazine celebrating female perspectives

The Franco-English publication focuses on both intimate and political experiences of womanhood, featuring photography by Carrie Mae Weems, Elena Helfrecht, Lucile Boiron, and more

5 January 2021

Carmen Winant’s latest series further explores radical, feminist expression through the notion of physical closeness

Following on from her lauded series on the female body and community, Togethering continues the dialogue.

4 December 2020

Marie Tomanova’s photographs are excavations of identity, her own and others

Tomanova’s work is raw and intimate. Here, she discusses her relationship to photography and the evolution of her practice so far

13 November 2020

Photo Vogue 2020: A new festival for a new world

Vogue Italia’s photography festival moves online while maintaining its commitment to exploring ethics, aesthetics and photographic futures

12 November 2020

A tender portrayal of the everyday rituals of transgender and non-binary people

Vincent Ferrané’s portraits of Ava, Jackie, Leo, Mathieu, Matthias, Maty and Raya are now published in a photobook

11 November 2020

Nadja Ellinger reinvents the tales we think we know

Ellinger’s series reimagines the female figure in Little Red Riding Hood, challenging its adaptations and readings through history

27 October 2020

Guanyu Xu reclaims his childhood home

Xu is the winner of this years Grand Prix prize at the Hyères International Festival Fashion and Photography. Here, we revisit an interview originally published in March 2020

19 October 2020

Kennedi Carter pictures new worlds

Each year, British Journal of Photography presents its Ones To Watch – a group of emerging image-makers, chosen from hundreds of nominations by international experts. Throughout September, BJP-online is sharing their profiles, originally published in issue #7898 of the magazine.

25 September 2020

Sumi Anjuman’s socially-focused work is gentle and powerful at once

Anjuman’s poetic images tackle issues of violence and oppression, many of which have affected Anjuman herself

22 September 2020

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“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.