L-CALENDAR 2011

L for Lesbian – this is THE calendar for gay women. Belgian photographer Cristina de la Madera (born in 1982) is tea author of this fine calendar with sensual black/white photos of real lesbian or bisexual coples in everyday situations.

Portraits Of The Survivors – A History Of The Rromas

Portraits de Survivants : Histoire d’une déportation rrom – a photography exhibition by Ana Dumitrescu The above exhibition by photographer Ana Dumitrescu is about the survivors of the holocaust in Romania, where Rromas (Gypsies) was sent to the concentration camps during the Second World War.  The show runs February 8 – 25, 2011 in Paris. Ana tells:…

Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On

María DeGúzman invites anyone in the Raleigh-Durham area, North Carolina, or with friends and colleagues in and around RDU to join her at the opening of Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On. February 11, 5-9 pm. 523 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA (formerly the Chapel Hill Museum)

Work in Progress – Photography by Birthe Havmoeller

My life is quest for a connection with my spiritual roots and a wish to raise my spiritual awareness. I took up photography 20+ years ago as a creative tool. My latest exhibition ‘Work in Progress’ features five black & white works from my series ‘Land Art’ made in 1999-2001 and three color works made in 2009-2010. The show runs through January 31, 2011 in Aarhus, Denmark.

Photographs by Dorothée Smith

Dorothée Smith exhibition at la galerie du Château d’eau, Toulouse, France, January 26 – March 6 2011. The show features the photography series Löyly (2009) + Sub Limis (2010).

Bodies That Matter by Dorothée Smith

Dorothee Smith is a French 23 years-old queer photographer living and working in Paris, Arles and Helsinki. She is an upcoming artist who has published three artist books.

Collier Schorr About Her Photography

Queer photographer Collier Schorr talks to Art:21 about how she works with one of her young models, a young man whom she has asked to copy poses as a woman.

Beata Kosc Photography

Photos and Artist Statement by Beata Kosc: ‘The “Certain Body” is a series of self-portraits. It is focusing on gender as a layer of identity attributed to the body…

The National LGBT Visual Documentation Project

Freedom is a concept that has particular resonance for my family. My great-grandparents fled the political turmoil of Spain for Cuba. A few decades later, there was a second family exodus…

Stefanie Schneider INSTANT DREAMS

Frank Pictures Gallery is proud to present renowned photographer Stefanie Schneider’s show “Instant Dreams” from October 16 to November 11, with an artist’s reception on Sunday, October 24, 2010.

Regard Solitaire by Ana Dumitrescu

Regard Solidaire – an exhibition by Ana Dumitrescu, August 30 – September 7 2010
At Hall de la Mairie, Paris 19ème, France, Opening of Regard Solidaire: August 30, 2010, 18:00

Catherine Opie: American Photographer

Video: Catherine Opie: American Photographer by Guggenheim. September 26, 2008 – January 7, 2009 you could see a big retrospective exhibition by queer American photographer Catherine Opie at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. In this video from the exhibition she is speaking of her “Surfers” and “Icehouses” series.

Photographer Sherley Camille Olopherne

‘I think my photographic vision is coming into focus just as I’m coming into myself and submitting all of my being to all possibilities wherever they may come. Artistically at a crossroad and committing myself to producing images that present the perverse, the destructive, the sexual, the eroticized and ultimately the beauty of life and women bodies.

The Creation Of A Brand: Georgia O'Keeffe

For years I have assumed that famous American painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was bisexual. Now I am not so sure any more because, I can’t find any reliable souces about her female friends being her girlfriends