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Queer Lens: A History of Photography

by Paul Martineau
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781606069691
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
  • Publisher Imprint: Getty Trust Publications
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  • Pages: 342
  • Original Price: USD 65.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 2254 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): History

Copiously illustrated, Queer Lens explores the transformative role of photography in LGBTQ+ communities from the nineteenth century to the present day.

Photography's power to capture a subject--representing reality, or a close approximation--has inherently been linked with the construction and practice of identity. Since the camera's invention in 1839, and despite periods of severe homophobia, the photographic art form has been used by and for individuals belonging to dynamic LGBTQ+ communities, helping shape and affirm queer culture and identity across its many intersections.

Queer Lens explores this transformative force of photography, which has played a pivotal role in increasing queer visibility. Lively essays by scholars and artists explore myriad manifestations of queer culture, both celebrating complex interpretations of people and relationships and resisting rigid definitions. Featuring a rich selection of images--including portraits of queer individuals, visual records of queer kinship, and documentary photographs of early queer groups and protests--this volume investigates the medium's profound role in illuminating the vibrant tapestry of LGBTQ+ communities.

This volume is published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center from June 17 to September 28, 2025.

Paul Martineau is curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. He is the author of Rodney Smith (Getty, 2023), Imogen Cunningham (Getty, 2020), and Icons of Style (Getty, 2018).

Ryan Linkof is curator at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

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