Pride Photo 2023 - Pride Amsterdam
Welcome to the PRIDE PHOTO EXHIBITION 2023. It is organised by the PRIDE PHOTO Foundation. A Dutch organisation striving to increase the acceptance of sexual and gender diversity in the society.
Here you can see a selection from the more than 5,600 entries that we received from around the world for the PRIDE PHOTO AWARD 2023, our annual international photo competition. Besides the award-winning photo and series, you will see a collection of visual stories that depict a multi-layered representation of the LGBTQIA+* community. In this way, we hope to encourage visitors in an approachable and respectful way, to think about sexual and gender diversity and the position of the LGBTQIA+ community worldwide.
The images offer a glimpse into lives and worlds that are familiar to some, but may be new to others, perhaps surprising or even a little uncomfortable. That makes sense. We invite you to look at the exhibition calmly with an open mind, reading and listening to the stories without prejudice.
The theme of PRIDE PHOTO 2023 is The Process of Change. The LGBTQIA+ community is always looking for new ways and forms to express itself and celebrate diversity. A process of change that challenges and stretches the norm. With big and small steps, creativity, a fighting spirit and resilience, the community manages to keep broadening its horizons and affirming its right to exist.
Photos play an important role in this. They show the initiators and their processes, big and small. Here, it is not just the final result that counts, but above all the road taken to get there and those involved in it.
And in fact, everyone is involved. We all contribute in some way to the process of emancipation and acceptance. Some prominently and strikingly, in a big way. Others more behind the scenes, or simply by being an inspiration to others by being who they are.
Ask yourself: What is my role in this process of change?
The open-air exhibition is free to visit anywhere and at any time. The exhibition consists of 20 panels, each with a short description and a QR code. Scanning this with your mobile phone’s camera opens a web page that provides additional information about the photos and the subject. You will also hear an audio clip explaining more, for example by the photographer, an expert by experience or someone explaining the theme.
Curator of the Pride Photo Awards, @samiradamato , will sit down with @queercurrents on the 28th of July to take a look at the works that make up this year’s photographic collection. The talk will explore some of the urgent stories behind the images, and expand on the visual languages and what they represent. Through this, Samira aims to detangle the challenges and misrepresentations faced by many, and further illustrate the importance of greater awareness and connection with, and within, the Queer community.