Modern and Contemporary Research Cluster - Photography - A Queer History

In this event hosted by the Modern and Contemporary Research Cluster in the Department of History of Art, Dr Theo Gordon (University of York) and Dr Flora Dunster (Central Saint Martins) will be in conversation with Dr James Boaden about their new book Photography - A Queer History (Octopus/Ilex, 2024). 

In Photography - A Queer History, Dunster and Gordon examine how photography has been used by artists to capture, create and redefine the category 'queer'. The authors explore different concerns across ten thematic sections, featuring the work of over 140 photographers from the emergence of the medium up to the present day.

Dunster and Gordon argue for an expanded conception of the overlap between 'queer' and 'photography', looking not to reify a canon, but instead asking how the two have produced each other across history, at the behest of social and political conditions.

Join us to hear more!

This event will be followed by a drinks reception in the History of Art foyer in Vanbrugh College.