Somnyama in France

Muholi’s artist statement reads, “Somnyama Ngonyama can be translated to ‘Hail, the Dark Lioness.’

Ken. To be destroyed by Sara Davidmann

The Schwules Museum* invites you to the opening of our next special exhibition Sara Davidmann: ‘Ken. To be destroyed’ on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 7 pm Schwules Museum* Lützowstraße 73 10785 Berlin, Germany No need to register and the entrance is free. Sara Davidmann’s exhibition runs from March 17…

iO Tillett Wright’s Talk at The Atlantic LGBT Summit

Video (15:08) ‘Faces in the Crowd / Unfinished Business: The Atlantic LGBT Summit’ is a shortfilm with transperson and visual activist iO Tillett Wright’s Talk at The Atlantic LGBT Summit about her practice as an activist. iO wants to take 10000 portraits of (LGBTQI) people who selfidentifies as not 100%…

Claude Cahun: Beneath This Mask

Claude Cahun: Beneath This Mask, January 22 2016 – March 5, 2016 at Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS, UK.

Anastasia Kuba: Nothing but Light – Niko

Niko by Anastastasia Kuba, from the ‘Nothing but Light’ art project. Niko: “Between my addictions and mental illnesses there’s a lot of blank spaces in my memory. I turn twenty five next month, and everyone just keeps telling me I’m a baby. It’s weird to think about the things I’ve…

Anastasia Kuba: Nothing but Light – Joss

Joss by Anastastasia Kuba, from the ‘Nothing but Light’ art project. Joss. They/Them. “Trauma is intimately connected to why I was drawn to Nothing But Light. As a survivor of sexual abuse, I struggle to discern what is and is not safe and kind to my body, carrying shame more…

Berenice Abbott (1898 – 1991) – A Photographer

Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan (1936) by Berenice Abbott. Source: Changing New York / Berenice Abbott. Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. Berenice Abbott (1898 – 1991) Berenice Abbott was a lesbian before this was acceptable. She was…

This Woman’s Work – Lola FLASH

Video (5:06): This Woman’s Work – Lola FLASH, a profile of her photography. Shortfilm by Nono Osuji assisted by Jeremy Stiffler (2010). About Lola Flash Queer feminist photographer Lola Flash, born in the United States, is of African/Native American descent. She has been living, studying and working for a decade…

Zanele Muholi – SOMNYAMA NGONYAMA

Press Release Self portrait from SOMNYAMA NGONYAMA by Zanele Muholi, 2015. ZANELE MUHOLI – SOMNYAMA NGONYAMA 19 November – 19 December, 2015 4 January – 29 January, 2016 STEVENSON GALLERY 62 Juta Street Braamfontein 2001 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The exhibition opens on Thursday 19 November, from 6-8pm. Muholi will give…

Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence – Extended!

Press release by Brooklyn Museum Zanele Muholi (South African, born 1972). Faces and Phases installed at dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany, 2012. (Photo: © Anders Sune) Brooklyn Museum Extends Zanele Muholi: Isibonelo/Evidence “Identity was used as a weapon, a tool for subjugation and oppression. Apartheid left a searing impression on Muholi,…

Zanele Muholi’s Transformations

Look Again. Photograph from the series Somnyama Ngonyama. Credit: Zanele Muholi/Yancey Richardson Gallery/Stevenson Gallery. Zanele Muholi featured in The New York Times Magazine Zanele Muholi’s Transformations – A photographer known for taking striking portraits of members of the black queer community in South Africa turns the camera on herself. By…

Artist Talk: Zanele Muholi with Lebo Mashifane (2014)

Artist talk recorded by Yale University Art Gallery, USA in 2014. About the above video: ‘Zanele Muholi speaks about her photographs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in South Africa and her efforts to increase awareness of and provide services to this community. She is joined by Lebo Mashifane,…

ZANELE MUHOLI: VUKANI/RISE – Trailer

ZANELE MUHOLI: VUKANI/RISE 18 SEPTEMBER – 29 NOVEMBER 2015 Open Eye Gallery 19 Mann Island Liverpool Waterfront, Liverpool, UK. Related Link Press release about the exhibition ZANELE MUHOLI: VUKANI/RISE

Ruth Bernhard

Slideshow with photos by Ruth Bernhard (October 14, 1905 – December 18, 2006). Wikipedia reads about photographer Ruth Bernhard: “By the late-1920s, while living in Manhattan, Bernhard was heavily involved in the lesbian sub-culture of the artistic community, becoming friends with photographer Berenice Abbott and her lover, critic Elizabeth McCausland….