Episode 21: This is Not a Willy Magazine: Promoting Gay and Queer Fine Art Photography
Ghislain Pascal
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! and Little Black Gallery
Ghislain Pascal is the co-founder of London's Little Black Gallery (@tlbgallery) and creator of BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! (@boysfineart) a publication and platform dedicated to promoting queer and gay photography, which includes exhibitions, books, bi-annual magazine, photography courses, competitions, and online art platform. It now represents more than 65 photographers from 30 countries - including China, India, Iran, Poland, Russia and Turkey where gay rights are repressed and queer lives under constant threat.
In our conversation, we talk about the challenges of promoting queer artists, how he combats pervasive insitutional homophobia, being kicked off Instagram, building a global platform, and his advice for artists everywhere.
A sampling of spreads the latest issue.
Visit BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! site to purchase the latest issue of the magazine and original works by emerging and established gay and queer photographers.
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