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Contents:

• LGBTQ+ GAY WEDDINGS
• BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! LNCH QUEER PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZE
• JOHN GAY: LONDON PTURED THROUGH A LENS

LGBTQ+ GAY WEDDINGS

Vcent Keh of MASCULAR Stud and Oliver Zke of Photomolekuel are pleased to announce the lnch of A Portra Isolatn, a project explorg emotnal and physil space the end of March 2020, as the COVID-19 global panmic grew spe and impact, gay men around the world were asked to subm self portras that reflected their experience of the ronavis lock-down. The ia behd the llectn was to show that gay men are affected by the crisis a siar way to everyone else but more so.

BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! LNCH QUEER PHOTOGRAPHY MAGAZE

Livg liv which are often agmented between nventnal work ndns and their private liv leav many gay men whout the tradnal support mechanisms of heterosexuals and this shows through the separated by geography, culture and age, the men the imag all share fears for the future, lonels, job secury, and separatn.

MASCULAR is a London-based stud tablished by Vcent Keh that explor elements of gay and male inty through photography.

JOHN GAY: LONDON PTURED THROUGH A LENS

Betiful Contemporary Portras for Gay Coupl and Fai. Prerve Your Love and Happs Forever wh the UK’s Bt – London’s Number One Photographer for Gay Coupl and Fai! For example, 30 percent of imag ed show gay men as flamboyant and 29 percent show imag of lbians lookg more mascule.

Towards the end of last year, GAY TIMES, SKITTLES®, Getty Imag and Queer Bra lnched a petn to search for queer photographers documentg the vibrancy and dynamism of the LGBTQ+ muny. Each has received a grant to ver sts of a project that amplifi Queer Joy, the opportuny for mentorg om Getty Imag photographers as well as opportuni to work wh and be platformed by GAY TIMES. GAY TIMES, SKITTLES®, Getty Imag and Queer Bra hope that this is a step towards igng the velopment of future queer talent, whilst thentilly and purposefully fillg the archiv of tomorrow.

The rearch I am workg on as part of my practice-based PhD at Ulster Universy revolv around how photography tersects wh homosexualy. Wh this theme md, I am workg on several projects that look at how the materialy of the photographic medium has changed the way which ntemporary homosexualy operat parison to the past, such as Grdr replacg cisg, or how the boundari between the private and the public photograph are beg ls fed through social media.

Another body of work I plan to velop 2023 is a portra-based study on how gay men feel the spac that they hab. Gay men may live a eer society today than the recent past, but is a world still firmly rooted heteronormative tradns. My new work seeks to explore the sense of tachment many gay men feel towards the physil spac they hab.

LGBTQ+ GAY WEDDINGSAs a London and Brighton gay weddg photographer, I absolutely love shootg LGBTQ+ gay weddgs. (Pl they are always loads of fun and filled wh love) people say there is no difference between photographg a gay LGBTQ + or straight weddg. LGBTQ + Gay weddgs are awome bee upl do exactly what they want for their big day.

And of urse, let's not fet that the gay weddg day party is guaranteed to be epic! My gay weddg photography is fun and natural. I will tell the story of your LGBTQ + gay weddg day om begng to end.