Five bells : being LGBT in Australia
Papalexandris, Jenny2016
Book
In a country known as one of the most queer-friendly nations in the world, most Australians support LGBTI rights, federal laws protect queer people from discrimination, transgender Australians are recognized legally as their preferred gender, and the renown of Sydney s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival has reached across its borders. The eight visual narratives that make up award-winning Australian photographer Jenny Papalexandris s intimate and thematically rich "Five Bells" offers a celebration of queer life, giving the reader a visual portrait of everyday life among queer-identifying people, from joyful images of weddings and family gatherings to more contemplative portraits of rural youth and asylum seekers. In so doing, the book presents a series of neither caricatures nor stereotypes but of individualsactive agents in the universal quest for happiness, intimacy, fulfillment, respect, and a sense of belonging. This is the human face of the queer community in Australia, and these beautifully crafted and life-affirming photographs, in black-and-white and in color, show us the personal and psychological landscape of what it means to be part of a community that is as vibrant as it is diverse. "
Main title:
Five bells : being LGBT in Australia / Jenny Papalexandris.
Author:
Papalexandris, Jenny, photographer
Imprint:
New York The New Press, 2016.©2016
Collation:
160 pages ; 26 cm.
Notes:
"With an introduction by Fiona Skyring" - cover note.SOC.
Linking notes:
Online version Papalexandris, Jenny, photographer. Five bells. New York : New Press, [2016]
ISBN:
9781620971666 (paperback)1620971666 (paperback)9781620972052 (invalid)
Dewey class:
770.08670994
Language:
English
Subject:
Gays -- Australia, Southeastern -- Social life and customsTransgender people -- Australia, Southeastern -- Social life and customsGay community -- Australia, SoutheasternLesbian community -- Australia, SoutheasternSocial justice in artGender identity in artPhotojournalism -- Australia, SoutheasternGays -- Australia, Southeastern -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial worksTransgender people -- Australia, Southeastern -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial worksGay community -- Australia, Southeastern -- Pictorial worksLesbian community -- Australia, Southeastern -- Pictorial worksSocial justice in art -- Pictorial worksGender identity in art -- Pictorial works
Index terms:
Australian
BRN:
312268