There’s nothing like a good gay photo. You can hardly turn around in a gallery without bumping into a photo that was either snapped by a queer person or uses one for a subject: from Caitlyn Jenner’s portrait by Annie Leibovitz to the provocative works of Robert Mapplethorpe to the genius of Andy Warhol, Catherine Opie, and Pierre and Gilles. Maybe there’s something queer about the photograph, the transformation from a subject to an object in a flash. Or maybe all our years of taking selfies for Grindr prepared us for the job. In any case, what makes the gay photo gay is the look it levels at the viewer: We are used to being seen, but now we can look back.
She's the original RuPaul's Drag Race Superstar. BeBe continues to celebrate her documentary Being BeBe directed by Emily Branham showing in film festivals across the country and around the world.
“Its images enable a kind of meditative reflection. At the same time, and as they also clearly indicate, these phases turn our affective household upside down. How can we deal with these liminal phases of life?”
The Festival is ToFF’s yearly programmatic effort to bring together artists and patrons from all over the globe in a social environment, so that they can network as well as buy and sell works.
