Queer Lens
a history of photography
$230.45
- Hardcover
342 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2025
Summary
Queer Lens: Photography’s Transformative Role in LGBTQ+ Communities
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 ho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781606069691 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1606069691 |
| Author: | Paul Paul Martineau, Ryan Linkof, Jordan Bear, Ken Gonzales-Day, Alexis Bard Johnson, Derek Conrad Murray, Catherine Opie |
| Publisher: | Getty Trust Publications |
| Imprint: | J. Paul Getty Museum |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 342 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2025 |
| Weight: | 2.17kg |
| Dimensions: | 305mm x 241mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Potent and inspiring… . An empowering photography retrospective that reflects American queer communities.”–Aleena Ortiz “Foreword Reviews” (5/1/2025 12:00:00 AM)
About The Author
Paul Paul Martineau
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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