“Queer Lens: A History of Photography”

Date/Time
Date(s) - 17th Jun 2025 - 28th Sep 2025
All Day

Location
Getty Center

Categories

• Exhibitions - TOM & Friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIEWING HOURS
Tuesday-Friday & Sunday: 10:00a-5:30p
Saturday: 10a-8p
Monday: Closed

 

 

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.

Tom of Finland Foundation has contributed three photographs to the Queer Lens exhibition, including a photograph of Tom of Finland himself by Jack Shear. Other works include a portrait of April Ashley by Ken Walker, and Del LaGrace Volcano’s photograph of Della and Simo.