![[Hero] 12_BlackandBlur](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sW_18qO2c3PBR58VB2NffdfCKez5GRWHBXRlIKLm3nQ-163x200.jpeg "[Hero] 12_BlackandBlur")
Queer PHOTO
27 January – 24 March 2024
Presented by Midsumma and PHOTO Australia, in partnership with Creative Victoria’s Go West program, Queer PHOTO is Melbourne’s first festival of queer photography. The program features new artist commissions of large-scale outdoor artworks curated by Brendan McCleary, gallery exhibitions and an interactive public performance program by local and international artists taking place in Footscray, Newport and Werribee across both Midsumma Festival and PHOTO 2024 International Festival of Photography.
Featuring 17 artists, 14 exhibitions, 30 interactive events and 7 locations, Queer PHOTO is a multi-pronged program transforming iconic venues and the streets of the West into a gallery of accessible and highly visible visual artworks from LGBTQIA+ artists. Works by international artists such as Sunil Gupta, Clifford Prince King, Daniel Jack Lyons, FAFSWAG and Vic Bakin sat alongside new commissions by local artists including Lilah Benetti, Salote Tawale and Leilani Fuimaono.
![Image: Clifford Prince King, [Untitled, (m _ q)], 2017 (detail). Courtesy the artist, Gordon Robichaux, NY and STARS, LA.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/LANDSCAPE_Clifford-Prince-King-Untitled-m-_-q-2017-Courtesy-the-artist-Gordon-Robichaux-NY-and-STARS-LA-copy-200x133.jpg "CP 013 001")
Image: Clifford Prince King, Untitled, (m _ q), 2017 (detail). Courtesy the artist, Gordon Robichaux, NY and STARS, LA.
Partners
Footscray
![[Hero] Zizi](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/oc-GSu6ZJ232pgSEZFu-Wqkt2Hl23_xnv4Q1WI-hJho-200x200.jpeg "[Hero] Zizi")
![[Hero] 323395-2-006v-400x500-v1](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/7vvkwg9_eB2kM862xRr3dPgO8kxy4sACTkajFdD9KEs-160x200.jpeg "[Hero] 323395-2-006v-400x500-v1")
![[Hero] SaloteTawale](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/z6t00zD_Zbg5ua7V0H0xo-HbP4HSHBGosa9kGu8673k-200x112.jpeg "[Hero] SaloteTawale")
![[Hero] Derik-Lynch-PressShot-Artist](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Z2lWtbsJex61zJPaoSzlcw4DezMIwP4B02VB2tmAbwA-200x197.jpeg "[Hero] Derik-Lynch-PressShot-Artist")
![[Hero]_‘Aue My Endless Love’ courtesy of Luce Nguyễn-Hunt](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/A0JWToWiyPqlCunGcmD3U2oR6viTYfbMeCmQy8UIOLI-200x200.jpeg "[Hero]_‘Aue My Endless Love’ courtesy of Luce Nguyễn-Hunt")
![Image: [Pati Tyrell, Jaimie Waititi, Tapuaki Helu, Pacific Bizzare] | Tapu, 2019.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/FAFSWAG-Thumbnail-200x123.jpg "FAFSWAG-Thumbnail")
Newport
![Image: Ahsin Ahsin, Pati Tyrell, [Navigator, Fili Tapa. Distorted Dream Land], 2019.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Navigator-Fili-Tapa-Distorted-Dream-Lands-2019_2000px_Thumb-200x138.jpg "Navigator, Fili Tapa, Distorted Dream Lands, 2019_2000px_Thumb")
![[Hero] TBWWWTB10](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HcxVV9VPcekFD0gzKUbMm5BcikoCOoq1uosMAfU6wW0-198x200.jpeg "[Hero] TBWWWTB10")
Werribee
![[Hero] Karla Dickens_Looking at you VI 2017_Inkjet print_100 × 100 cm_Edition 3 or 60 × 60 cm_Edition 7 (1)](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HwAapBCz0OZxKMzTgUvpKz0z72-20ytkKK1JIybV1Us-200x200.jpeg "[Hero] Karla Dickens_Looking at you VI 2017_Inkjet print_100 × 100 cm_Edition 3 or 60 × 60 cm_Edition 7 (1)")
![Image: Asafe Ghalib from the series [Queer Immigrants], 2019. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Asafe-Ghalib-thumbnail-200x123.jpg "Asafe-Ghalib-thumbnail")
Queer PHOTO is presented by Midsumma and PHOTO 2024 in association with Trocadero Projects and is supported by Creative Victoria through the Victorian Government’s Go West Fund.