Gender & Sexuality

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

Picture this: Transgression

Michael Bailey-Gates, Paolo Roversi, Marie Tomanova, Kacey Jeffers, and Nina Manandhar respond to the theme transgression through image and text

3 August 2020

Breastfeeding, in all its complexity

In a new series, Sophie Harris-Taylor reveals the challenges and joys of breast-feeding for several women

31 July 2020

Yurie Nagashima on self-portraits, and writing her own history

Reductively labelled a “girl photographer” in the 90s, Nagashima is now a leading voice in feminist photographic discourse. Here, the Japanese photographer discusses her new book of self-portraits, and why she took it upon herself to rewrite history

22 July 2020

Lived Experience: Reflections on LGBTQ Life

In a new book, Delphine Diallo presents portraits of LGBTQ people over the age of 50 in America, alongside their stories of resilience, progress, and love

27 June 2020

MQBMBQ: My Queer Blackness, My Black Queerness

A new digital project celebrates Black Queer identity — comprising a charity print sale, an online journal, and weekly screenings of three films by the late Marlon Riggs

25 June 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.