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Helm Gallery Presents ‘Lavender Boy’ A Retrospective by Renowned Drag Photographer Greg Bailey

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Thursday, 1 August 2024 to Sunday, 1 September 2024
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Thursday, 1 August 2024 - 7:15pm to 9:15pm

Greg Bailey – renowned Drag photographer – is shining a light on underrepresented areas of Drag in a retrospective spanning the past decade of this incredible photographer's work. Lavender Boy at Helm Gallery (1 Aug – 1 Sept, Brighton), coinciding with Brighton Pride, is a celebration of Drag performers around the world. 

Bailey is known for magnifying the voices of the most marginalised identities within the LGBTQ+ communities and platforming rising stars. In Lavender Boy, Bailey is exhibiting one brand-new portrait, shot specifically for the show – the Drag King Don One. Don is the only King featured in the exhibition.

Bailey said: “Working with Kings, non-binary performers, the trans community, the lesbian community and more people of colour is the direction I want to take my work, as these communities haven't had as much attention as I believe they deserve – they are just as impressive, glamorous, and talented as their Drag Queen counterparts”

Through his vividly-coloured photographs, Bailey expresses the explosion of creativity within the LGBTQ+ communities and pays homage to the symbolic role of lavender.

 

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Greg Bailey is a UK based portrait photographer, specialising in Drag photography since 2012. Greg has chosen to predominantly work with and photograph people within the LGBTQ+ community in his personal development projects. Greg launched his own magazine in 2015 entitled “Alright Darling", which spotlighted stars of the community and emerging talent in the drag scene. Alright Darling was later developed into a photography book of Greg’s work by Laurence King publishing in 2018 titled “Alright Darling? The Contemporary Drag Scene”. Greg has since expanded the Alright Darling brand to include a queer centric podcast, interviewing celebrity guests and cool creatives from the queer community.

gregbaileyphotography.com -  @gregbaileyphoto

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15 North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YA 

 


 

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