In Relationship, their new book of photographs, artists Rhys Ernst and Zackary Drucker document the six-year span of their romantic union—a time period when their careers and lives were undergoing incredible (and parallel) shifts. By 2014, when the book concludes, they’d gone from grad students in the arts to artists featured in the Whitney Biennial (where these photos debuted publicly), and from making films at home on severely limited budgets to working on the blockbuster Amazon show Transparent.
Read MoreRyan Pfluger on Photographing Caitlyn Jenner and More
Pfluger sat down with SVA Close Up in his Williamsburg Studio to talk about how he made it happen, why he shoots the way he does, and how he works with his subjects to get the intense portraits he creates.
Read MoreSee Moving Portraits of Same-Sex Couples Both Real and Imaginary
So Ciappa recruited gay couples and families to sit for intimate, black-and-white portraits that he’s been showing around the world, in his native France as well as in Canada, Peru, Slovakia, Germany, and Lebanon. He also invited heterosexual celebrities — like actor Eva Longoria and singer Lara Fabian — to pose as “imaginary couples” (which is where the project got its title).
Read MorePhotos from MIX, NYC's Premier Queer Film Festival
Enter MIX Festival, New York City's annual queer experimental film festival extravaganza. Now in its 28th incarnation, MIX transformed a raw warehouse space into a 24/7 art and film hub from November 10 to 15, comprising thousands of square feet of installations (including a massive yarn-and-fabric work by Diego Montoya), screening spaces, artists, and activists. Every year, the event is spearheaded by the people it represents, meaning "queer" is standard and "experimental" is always to be expected.
Read MoreSee Roz Joseph’s Lost Photos of the Early San Francisco Drag Scene
For the first time in 40 years, celebrated photographer Roz Joseph’s images of the San Francisco drag scene in the 1970s will go on display this month at the San Francisco GLBT History Museum in "Reigning Queens: The Lost Photos of Roz Joseph."
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