2nd prize Open
Corinne Mariaud
Flower Beauty Boys
Portraits of young men obsessed by their appearance and controlling their image on social networks, looking for physical perfection, retouching their face with coloured lenses, makeup and even surgery.
2nd prize Open
Jörg Meier
Nod. East of Eden.
When expelled by God, Kain went to the Land of Nod, east of Eden (Genesis 4:16). Nod stems from nad: restless, wandering.
3rd prize Open
Anja Matthes
The House of Bangy Cunt
The underground Kiki Ballroom scene in New York City is a community organized by LGBTQ youth (14-25 years) of color, many of whom were cast out by their families and communities.
3rd prize Open
Kris Sanford
Through The Lens of Desire
Relationships, real or imagined, are at the center of this work. Growing up queer, I searched for a history that spoke to me—included me.
3rd prize Open
Danielle Villasana
A Light Inside
In Peru, a country with a highly machismo, conservative, religious and transphobic culture, transgender women are extremely marginalized and discriminated by society.
Special mention
Blake Little
Concealed: Portraits of LGBT Gun Owners
Members of Pink Pistol, an organization of LGBTQ gun owners, that saw a great increase in members following the Orlando shooting.
Special mention
Hotli Simanjuntak
Sharia Law Against LGBT
Under Sharia law in Aceh, Indonesia, transgressions are punished by corporeal punishment. The number of lashes varies from 7 to 100, depending on the perceived severity. The photos show a court case and public caning, of men who were in a same-sex relationship.
Special mention
Seungwook Yang
Badasses
My idols or role models were masculine characters in movies or cartoon films when I was in my school days. They were uniformly strong and rough, and always made a violent look which was supposed to destroy anything. The stereotype of these guy images has been forcing us to become one of them.
Special mention
Geloy Concepcion
Reynas Delas Flores: Manila’s Golden Gays
You might have come across some of us amidst the stream of people that are out and about in the streets of Pasay Manila - We are the Golden Gays.
Special mention
Suzanne Reitsma
Replace She with He
In the Netherlands, a country with more than 17 million inhabitants, 100 men are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
Special mention
Martijn Gijsbertsen
Daddy Cool
The series Daddy Cool shows the diversity of gay fathers in the Netherlands. I've been following these fathers and their children well over a year ago.
Exhibition Selection, Special mention Singles
DeLovie Kwagala
Anna
De foto is onderdeel van de serie The Quingdom Project ~ In Transition, die een inkijkje in de queer-gemeenschap van Oeganda.
Exhibition Selection, Special mention Stories
Martin Wannam
Amores Postmodernos
Amores Postmodernos a photographic series that aims to show pleasure in a queer lifestyle. I use queer subjects from Guatemala City, in scenes with a contemporary narrative base of social media, sex, gender and sexuality, with layers of religious symbolism.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Oded Wagenstein
Transparent Curtains – Exclusion as Experienced by Gay Elders
The five men pictured in this series, are all gay and over the age of seventy. We have talked for hours. About aging and dreams, love, exclusion, and fears, and out of these conversations, this series was formed.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Lana Yanovska
Selective Perception
Yanovska's serie speelt met relaties, seksualiteit, en onze percepties. Wat zie jij als je naar de koppels kijkt? Bij geen van deze set foto's weten we welk koppel authentiek is, en welk in scène is gezet.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Şener Yılmaz Aslan
Refugee Trans Guest House
Where do you find refuge when there is no place in society for who you are and who you love as a person? This series shows a sheltered way of living and the impact it has on the road of life.
Exhibition Selection Stories
Ksenia Kuleshova
Ordinary People
Several anti-gay laws have come into force in Russia in the past decade. The series shows a more realistic image of LGBTQ+ people, telling their own everyday stories of love and happiness.
Exhibition Selection Singles
Lee-Ann Olwage
#BlackDragMagic
De foto komt uit Olwage's fotoserie over het leven van Zwarte, queer, gender-nonconforme en transgender mensen in de townships van Kaapstad.
Exhibition Selection Singles
Kennedi Carter
Black Pride
In the image Black Pride, the intersections of Blackness and Queerness are visualised. Kennedi Carter shot this image in her hometown of Durham in North Carolina, US, just outside a Pride Festival.
Exhibition Selection
Kami Dubel
Kleurrijk ouder worden
For the series Colourful Ageing, photographer Kami Dubel and creative producer Nina van Rheenen portrayed residents of Amsterdam care organisation Cordaan. A statement, to celebrate that everyone can be themselves and can love whomever they want. This does not change when you are older or when there is a sudden need for care.
Exhibition Selection
Robert Andy Coombs
CripFag
The sexual experiences of (queer) people with physical disabilities are taboo. Photographer Robert Coombs breaks this taboo with his series 'CripFag'. A visual exploration of his own sexual and intimate adventures, full of romance, fantasies and kinks.
Exhibition Selection
Carlos Saavedra
Limpia
Every year, thousands of Colombians are selectively killed and displaced in so-called social cleansing campaigns. Pamphlets advertising "La Mano Negra " occupy public spaces in the country's poorest neighborhoods.
Exhibition Selection
Robert Siegelman
The Model and The Photographer
Exploitation is becoming more and more a hot topic in photography. Even more when it comes to the photography of minorities and unseen communities.
Exhibition Selection
PhotoPaul
“I am not an Ideology!” LGBTQ+ POLAND
Since the PiS party came to power in Poland, several anti-LGBT laws have been implemented in the country. In 2019, for example, some 30 different 'LGBT-free zones' were declared, where it was forbidden to preach the 'destructive LGBT ideology'.
Exhibition Selection
David Těšínský
Soccer Love
With his controversial photos, David Těšínský tries to dispel stereotypes and open people's eyes. Like the acceptance of homosexuality in sports, and specifically in professional football.
Exhibition Selection
Prins de Vos
Boys do cry
With this series, Prins wants to contribute to the emancipation of trans people, and also break the taboo on male vulnerability. This series shows that being vulnerable is also very positive and powerful, because: boys dó cry.
Exhibition Selection
Watsamon Tri-yasakda
7465
From kindergarten to university, all Thai pupils and students have to wear a uniform. It ensures unity among them, but also hegemony and class distinction. For boys, it is a male uniform, consisting of shorts, a military haircut and a shirt with a name and student ID number. Everyone is the same.
Exhibition Selection
Guangbo Li
Faceless Portraits
In 2019, Guangbo Li began to take private portraits of people who are currently perceived by Chinese society as ‘celebrities with huge followings’. These portraits are temporarily unseen and unpriced and lack faces which are highly recognizable masks and symbols. Guangbo Li presents these people only with their bodies and very little physical and material elements.
Exhibition Selection
Luiz Maximiano
Bruna
Bruna, a 21-years-old transgender woman was attacked by three men in the street at Sao Carlos, Brazil, in 26 February 2021."Die, fag!" they shouted, while stabbing Bruma with a kitchen knife and cutting off her ear and hair.
Exhibition Selection
Bradley Secker
كتمان / Kütmaan
Kütmaan is a collection of intimate portraits and daily-life documentary photographs about individuals displaced, and/or claiming asylum, based on their sexuality or gender identity, from more than 20 countries around the world. It is a decade-long project, which began in 2010 in Damascus, Syria.
Exhibition Selection
Alessio Maximilian Schroder
The Shape of Self (2014-2019)
Since the Indian Supreme Court recognised the Third Sex in 2014, the socio-economic position of the trans community has improved significantly. The project Shape of Self shows this through portraits of trans people from West Bengal.
Exhibition Selection
Mariam Magsi
Rebels at Heart
Rebels at Heart is a playful response to the stereotyping of certain people into boxes, labels and categories that lack nuance, and eventually end up denying them their full, complex humanity.
Exhibition Selection Curators Choice
JeanPaul Paula
Nos Kultura
Jean-Paul Paula is a Dutch activist, stylist and artist. In this work, he shows the reunion with his parents after years of rejection. These photos are proof that things can get back on track.
Exhibition Selection Curators Choice
crazinisT artisT
Anyie ne Nye
Ghana is preparing an anti-LGBTQIA+ bill. Since then, violence against LGBT persons in Ghana has increased dramatically. Almost every day an alleged gay, lesbian or trans person is attacked and mistreated. ‘Artivist’ Va-Bene is fighting with her life against this bill.
Exhibition Selection Curators Choice
Omar Braika
Ignorance is the enemy
LGBTQIA+ people from the Arab world often feel doubly demonised. In the Western world as Arabs, and in their own community as queer.