On #LesbianVisibilityDay, I share my essay for @aperturefnd on Myriam Boulos' incredible photography. Look at this powerful photograph that illustrates it
aperture.org/editorial/myri…
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Against a purple sky, two naked men tenderly embrace; one is, indeed, whispering, not to us the welcome voyeurs—but into the ear of his beloved.
📷 Myriam Boulos, Untitled, Beirut, Lebanon, November 2017–August 2020
📷 Myriam Boulos, Untitled, Beirut, Lebanon, November 2017–August 2020
Juxtapose the delicacy of that moment—men stripped of the confines that patriarchy makes of masculinity—with the altogether more robust, and much more tightly cropped, image of two women kissing. Swallowing each other whole, more like.
📷 Myriam Boulos, Untitled, Beirut, Lebanon
📷 Myriam Boulos, Untitled, Beirut, Lebanon
It is difficult to ascertain where one begins and the other ends. There is power in their desire.
And that is what the revolution renders: powerful women and tender men.
aperture.org/editorial/myri…
And that is what the revolution renders: powerful women and tender men.
aperture.org/editorial/myri…
I will be in conversation with Myriam Boulos about her wonderful photography on Wednesday at 3pm NYC time.
Register here aperture.org/events/aipad-t…
Register here aperture.org/events/aipad-t…
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