Pride Photo Award 2023
Winner Singles
Ky Smiley
Kysaan & Ky
Just two black boys who are both still growing into their selves.
Winner Stories
Andrés Gregorio Pérez
Dead family
I grew up in a family surrounded by women and lonely motherhood. I grew up seeing the absence of fatherhood. Men were less than women, but they decided and invoked a blind force.
Exhibition Selection Singles
Anne-Sophie Guillet
Force
I write on my skin, to make us both in tune. To make revolution my way. It's my own rebellion, my armor to protect me from the too harsh outside world. I write on my body and those of my peers. To heal and be healed. It is our secret little link. Behind our shells in perpetual transformation, we create small self-sufficient shelters.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Ilvy Njiokiktjien
I Don’t Want To Be Gay In This Ukraine
Right after the invasion of Ukraine members of the LGBTQI community fear for their future. They are thought to be among the designated targets of a Russian campaign to oppress sectors of the community, and names of LGBTQI activists have apparently appeared on Russian kill lists.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Chiara Fabbro
Invisible border
Dimitri was born in the small fishing village of Skála Sikaminéas, on the Greek island of Lesvos. At the age of 14, she told her parents that she was a girl. She struggled to be accepted throughout her life and experienced tough times, living in a mental institution during her childhood, followed by years of homelessness in Athens.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Clara Watt
The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values: A Protest
In February 2021, Accra's first LGBTQ+ Community space was raided and forcibly closed by local law enforcement, only a few weeks after its opening. While it often feels the world is progressing into a more socially accepting space for people based on sexual or gender identities, the events of February 2021 show that LGBTQ+ Ghanaians are being left behind.
Exhibition Selection Singles
Robin Yong
Havana Queen Story
Just a few years ago, Cuba would never have allowed the LGBT-friendly acts to exist in such broad visibility. A portrait of drag queen Salma before her show in the evening.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Sarah Mei Herman
Solace
In China gay-sexuality is not illegal anymore but it is still unaccepted by society and the older generations. Hardly any of the young people I met and photographed for this project are able to speak openly to their parents about their sexual preferences.
Exhibition Selection Singles
AliReza Goudarzi
Resistance
Ardavan is 27 years old and he is gay. He lived in Iran before being threatened with death by his family for revealing his gender identity. He is forced to seek refuge in Turkey to save his life and find a safe country.
Exhibition Selection Stories
RJ Sangosti
ClubQ
Leia-jhene Seals was performing at Club Q when a 22-year-old gunman entered the LGBTQ nightclub killing five people and injuring others. Seals hugs R.J. Lewis, who was was also at the nightclub, during a vigil at All Souls Unitarian Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Ziyu Wang
Go Get’Em Boy
In "Go get them, boy!" the audience takes on the role of the elders of the family to examine the image of manhood I have created for my father.
Exhibition Selection Singles
Mário Macilau
Kamana Felix
Gender equality in Mozambique, is one of the most complicated issues where people do not yet understand that it is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Mackenzie Calle
The Gay Space Agency
To date, 600 people have been astronauts. None have flown into space as an openly LGBTQ+ person. The Gay Space Agency confronts the American Space program’s historical exclusion of openly queer astronauts and asks what American heroism looks like and who might be a part of future exploration.
Exhibition Selection Singles
Javier Arcenillas
Latidoamerica
Throughout her life, Valeria Paola has faced discrimination within Honduran society. In 2011 she survived a violent transphobic attack. Besides the physical scars, this left her with complex emotional trauma.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Adrien Selbert
La Creole
In a world that tends to shut down under the influence of pandemics and the return of conservatism, La Creole remind France of the diversity of its children.
Exhibition Selection Singles
Zuzu Valla
Lady Mercury
Lady Mercury is fierce, intelligent and powerful queen. Dedicated to her work, Lady Mercury can make you gag for more... Her moves are always on point and she's turning heads wherever she goes. She adore her loving fans and can surprise you with her witt and sass.