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Queer futures photographed: London’s defiant lesbian art scene.

Hurled Towards the Future

Lesbian Photography and Queer Imagination in 1980s London

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  • Hardcover

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    17 September 2026

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Summary

Hurled Towards the Future: The first art-historical account of photography from London’s lesbian sex-radical scene

Hurled Towards the Future explores how lesbian photographers in late 1980s and early 1990s London worked within a climate of resistance and possibility to imagine—and create—a queer future. Focusing on the work of Tessa Boffin and Del LaGrace Volcano, this book argues that, through their photography, these artists made a critical contribution to the reclamation…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781913107543
ISBN-10:191310754X
Author:Flora Dunster
Publisher:Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Imprint:Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:17 September 2026
Weight:380g
Dimensions:24mm x 150mm x 230mm
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Hurled Towards the Future by Flora Dunster - ISBN: 9781913107543
150 × 230 mm
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A4
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About The Author

Flora Dunster

Flora Dunster is senior lecturer at Central Saint Martins and course leader of the MA Contemporary Photography and Theory.

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