PHOTOGRAPHY: “Our Light Through Darkness” Celebrates the Unique Experiences of the New York City Queer Community.
GERALD CAESAR AND CORAN NEWSOME BY VINCENT MARC.
Described as a “visual manifesto for queer liberation, acceptance, and infinite visibility”, Our Light Through Darkness is a new book of photography by non-profit organisation Impulse Group NYC and creative director, filmmaker and photographer LaQuann Dawson.
AKEEM BIGGS BY NIK ANTONIO
The compilation celebrates the queer community’s ability to heal, cope and forward after enduring a year that once again highlighted systemic racism, economic struggles, police brutality and widespread discrimination. Not to mention, the tragic loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
DYLAN WARD BY ELIAS GURROLA
LAQUANN DAWSON (SELF PORTRAIT)
The collaborators created the book as a way to “celebrate and archive the spectrum of intricate experiences as a queer community in New York City” and position “these truths as being a form of resistance through even the darkest hour”.
DEXTER MAYFIELD BY TATE TULLIER
To purchase a copy, visit the Our Light Through Darkness website.
All proceeds contributed to the sales of this art book will be donated to 2020 non-profit community partners, DESTINATION TOMORROW and GLITS, INC.
