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Latest revision as of 20:01, 29 April 2024
It is astonishing the large number of LGBTQ photographers that have made a significant contribution to their craft.
Do you know the gay photographer who was the first non-English and the first photographer to win the prestigious Turner Prize? Or the gay Australian landscape photographer who has been awarded the Order of Australia? These are stories you should know.
These photographers have recorded history in the making. They have chronicled the lives of ordinary folk, celebrities, and the rich and the famous. They have brought images of far-off lands into our homes. They have helped create and develop the market for magazines such as Interview, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Glamour, GQ, Newsweek, Harper's Bazaar, Tattler, Rolling Stone, Time, Vogue, Allure, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Details, or Elle. They have educated us on the many wonders of nature. They have helped create the fashion houses of Giorgio Armani, Revlon, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Elizabeth Arden, Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Karan, Hugo Boss, Cartier, Guess, Maybelline, TAG Heuer, Lacoste, Gianfranco Ferré, Levi's, Victoria's Secret, Gap, Acura, CoverGirl, Lancôme, Valentino, and so many more.
Some of these photographers are also activists, both directly and indirectly, that have helped shape the LGBTQ world as we know it today. Early on, pictures of loving individuals of the same sex or pictures that portrayed the beauty of the human body as art were considered pornographic or obscene (and still are in many countries). But these photographers would have none of that - they have challenged these laws and won.
They are truly international, hailing from countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, India, China, Thailand, Nigeria, Canada, Israel, South Africa, Argentina, Russia, Mexico, Israel, the United States, Italy, France, Australia, Slovakia, New Zealand, Japan, and Sweden. Most have received significant recognition and awards from their peers, their industry, and their home countries.
Perhaps most importantly, these photographers are chroniclers of our history - not just the LGBTQ world, but the world as a whole. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Canada
China
France
Germany
Great Britain
India
Israel
Italy
Japan
Lebanon
Mexico
New Zealand
Nigeria
Peru
Russia
Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
The Netherlands
United States
- Berenice Abbott
- Kevyn Aucoin
- Alice Austen
- Crawford Barton
- Tom Bianchi
- Joan E. Biren
- Adam Bouska
- Arch Brown
- Bruce of Los Angeles
- Marc Cartwright
- Tee A. Corinne
- Duane Cramer
- Bill Cunningham
- Rick Day
- Laurie Toby Edison
- Dalton Flint
- Jim French
- Robert Giard
- Nan Goldin
- Ken Haak
- Alexandra Hedison
- Peter Hujar
- Paul Jasmin
- Steven Klein
- Ashley Kolodner
- Jeremy Kost
- David LaChapelle
- Annie Leibovitz
- George Platt Lynes
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Ryan McGinley
- Patrick McMullan
- Steven Meisel
- Duane Michals
- Bob Mizer
- Mark Morrisroe
- Matthew Morrocco
- Brian Moss
- Lori Nix
- Stathis Orphanos
- Jeff Palmer
- Jack Pierson
- Ryan Pfluger
- Menelik Puryear
- Traver Rains
- Ron Reyes
- Herb Ritts
- Mark Robbins
- Collier Schorr
- Paul Mpagi Sepuya
- Jeff Sheng
- Francesco Scavullo
- Cedric Terrell
- Edmund Teske
- Arthur Tress
- Carl Van Vechten
- Minor White
See Also
- Notable LGBTQ Landscape Painters, Architects and Photographers
- Prominent Art and Book Dealers Who Are LGBTQ
