QUEER LENS: A HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Posted on 2025-09-01

Since the mid-19th century, photography has served as a powerful tool for examining concepts of gender, sexuality, and self-expression. The immediacy and accessibility of the medium has played a transformative role in the gradual proliferation of homosocial, homoerotic, and homosexual imagery. Despite periods of severe homophobia, when many photographs depicting queer life were suppressed or destroyed, this exhibition brings together a variety of evidence to explore the medium’s profound role in shaping and affirming the vibrant tapestry of the LGBTQ+ community.

Opposite – Arthur Tress, Gay Activists at First Gay Pride Parade, Christopher Street, New York, 1970

Exhibition runs through to September 28th, 2025

J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles
CA 90049

www.getty.edu

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ANSEL ADAMS IN THE 1960S

Posted on 2025-08-25

Ansel Adams lost his way. The great American photographer stood at the summit of his life, renowned, celebrated. Then came the 1960s: the civil rights movement, the counterculture, free love, psychedelics, assassinations, Vietnam War protests, marches, and chaos. Even more traumatically for the country’s preeminent photographer, photography itself changed beneath him. The new generation of 1960s photographers didn’t give a damn about rocks and trees. They rejected the pieties of tradition and the shackles of Adams’ “Zone System.” Photo historian Jonathan Green: “The obsessions of sixties photography were ruthless: alienation, deformity, sterility, insanity, sexuality, bestial and mechanical violence, and obscenity.”

Ansel Adams’ Fiat Lux project traverses the dark heart of 60s—1963 to 1968. It’s a sprawling six-year commission from the University of California, the largest project the photographer ever tackled (his personal Yosemite obsession aside). Fiat Lux’s over 7,500 images reveal an artist whose photographic coordinates have become unfixed. We see a great photographer off-balance. We witness an artist swimming hard against the tide of relentless change.

Opposite – Untitled, n.d.

Exhibition runs through to September 28th, 2025

California Museum of Photography – UCR ARTS
3824 + 3834 Main Street
Riverside
CA 92501

ucrarts.ucr.edu

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KODAK CHARMERA KEYCHAIN DIGITAL CAMERA

Posted on 2025-08-18

Kodak has unveiled its on-the-go Charmera, a mini digital keychain camera that pays homage to the disposable KODAK Fling camera of the ’80s.

Offered in seven designs, the Charmera weighs in at about 30 grams and measures 2.2 inches across. It’s capable of taking both photo and video and features seven vintage-style filters, date stamps for photos and customized KODAK frames. Built in is a mini screen for photo and video review, while the images and videos can be saved and transferred to other devices via USB-C. A micro SD card is also required.

Released via the blind box model, customers have the chance to get either the six regular editions or the one secret edition. The secret edition features a transparent shell that shows the camera’s inner workings.

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FADE TO WEST – PAUL JASMIN & TODD WEAVER

Posted on 2025-08-11

Fade to West is a photographic exhibition that brings together the visionary work of Paul Jasmin and Todd Weaver—two artists who have made tangible the fleetingness of Los Angeles’s beauty and sunsets.

Though neither artist was born in California, both were drawn to a city as radiant and restless as them. Now deeply rooted in its culture, they embody its essence—capturing not only its landscapes and people, but its elusive atmosphere. The exhibition pairs Jasmin’s evocative portraits and cinematic vignettes with Weaver’s ethereal scenes of nature, offering a dual portrait of a place defined by light, youth, and transience.

Opposite – Todd Weaver, Cloud in Green Stripe, 2018

Exhibition runs through to September 6th, 2025

Fahey/Klein Gallery
148 North La Brea
Los Angeles
CA 90036

www.faheykleingallery.com

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JAMES BIDGOOD – DREAMLANDS

Posted on 2025-08-11

CLAMP presents “James Bidgood | Dreamlands,” an exhibition of photographs marking the launch of the monograph of the same title from Salzgeber, in addition to recent screenings of the artist’s cult classic film, “Pink Narcissus,” at theaters across the United States and Europe.

Opposite – Richie Backstage, Sleeping Portrait

Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2025

Clamp
247 West 29th Street, Ground Floor
New York
NY 10001

clampart.com

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LOUIS STETTNER – ACROSS TWO WORLDS

Posted on 2025-08-11

Drawing from his time in New York and Paris, this special exhibition brings together photographs that capture the quiet poetry of everyday life, moments of human connection, resilience, and grace, seen through Stettner’s empathetic and unwavering eye. Whether documenting the bustling streets of Manhattan or the contemplative cafés of Paris, Stettner’s work transcends geography to reveal a universal, deeply human experience.

Across Two Worlds reflects Stettner’s rare ability to merge the candid energy of American street photography with the lyrical sensitivity of the French humanist tradition. These works, spanning decades and geographies, celebrate photography’s power to find beauty and meaning in the ordinary.

Opposite – On the Dutch Ferry, 1959

Exhibition runs through to September 6th, 2025

The Hulett Collection
1311 E. 15th St.
Tulsa
OK 74120

thehulettcollection.com

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