Opening June 3 in Brooklynby Duane Wells Homosexuality has been under intense criticism for as long as anyone can remember. Pair that lifestyle with the scrutiny of being Black or Latino in America, and it’s a double dose of backlash. We’ve seen the sensational side of the gay Black and Latino man - the cross dressing fairies to the overly-animated, finger snapping queens to more recently, the controversial ’Down Lo’ brother. Photographer Delphine Fawundu-Buford, investigates a community of openly homosexual Black & Latino men in a new photography exhibition entitled, Beyond Fierce: Photographs and Words of Black & Latino Men in the Life.
"This community is one that the general public only really knows through stereotypes, the characters that we see on TV and in the movies," explains Delphine, a mid-career photographer and educator based in Brooklyn. "As a social documentarian, I am constantly producing work that dares us to think beyond common stereotypes and question societal prejudices."
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Showing at The Gallery at Harriet’s Alter Ego 293 Flatbush Ave. (btw. St. Marks & Prospect Pl.) Bklyn, NY 11217 718.783.2074
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