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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.
 
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.
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* [[Sir Cecil Beaton]], Great Britain
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* [[Albrecht Becker]], Germany
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* [[Tom Bianchi]], United States
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* [[Adam Bouska]], United States
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* [[Bruce of Los Angeles]], United States
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* [[Raymond Burnier]], Switzerland
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* [[Claude Cahun]], France
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* [[Tee A. Corinne]], United States
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* [[Duane Cramer]], United States
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* [[Edgar de Evia]], France
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* [[Dalton Flint]], United States
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* [[Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden]], Germany
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* [[Montague Glover]], Great Britain
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* [[Alexandra Hedison]], United States
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* [[David LaChapelle]], United States
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* [[Annie Leibovitz]], United States
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* [[Herbert List]], Germany
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* [[Bob Mizer]], United States
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* [[Elisabeth Ohlson]], Sweden
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* [[Jack Pierson]], United States
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* [[Traver Rains]], United States
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* [[Herb Ritts]], United States
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* [[Michael Shaowanasai]], Thailand
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* [[Benno Thoma]], Netherlands
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* [[Wolfgang Tillmans]], Germany
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* [[Carl Van Vechten]], United States

Revision as of 19:43, 14 July 2013

It is astonishing the large number of LGBTQ photographers that have made a significant contribution to their craft. To date, we have identified 29 remarkable individuals. Many of these are household names.

Do you know the gay photographer who was the first non-English and the first photographer to win the prestigious Turner Prize? Just one of the 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, 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.

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.

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