Podcast: Presented with Pride – The Evolving POV of LGBTQ Photographers

Podcast: Presented with Pride – The Evolving POV of LGBTQ Photographers

Whenever a discussion around diversity of photographers arises, someone inevitably questions why the gender, skin color, sexual orientation, etc of the photographer matters. After all, the argument goes, shouldn’t we judge a photo on its own merits?

If one role of viewing other people’s photography is to show us the world that we don’t see – show us what we thought was familiar in an unexpected way – then that arguably means we should seek and support a diversity of photographers – from White men to trans thems. And in seeing the world through a different light, through a different lens, hopefully it will spark curiosity about what exists outside of the confines of our own existence and bubble. This is one of the gifts of photography.

As Pride month comes to a close, we highlight just a small number of photographers doing thought-provoking work from Robert Mapplethorpe’s controversial sex images to tender images of middle-aged love by Matthew Papa.

Also in the show, the Photo Bill of Rights is unveiled (controversy follows), the Robert Giard Foundation’s grant for emerging LGBTQ photographers, Tom Bianchi, Collier Schorr, Ryan McGinley, Muholi, Queer Appalachia, and a comparison of three kiss photos by Elinor Carucci, David Uzochukwu, and Ryan James Caruthers.

We mention the following photographers, articles, and websites in this episode:

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Allen Murabayashi is the co-founder of PhotoShelter.

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