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'It felt radical at the time': Catherine Opie's photos chart life changing decades for LGBTQI subjects

Author
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Published
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Episode Link
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-art-show/catherine-opie-rosie-westbrook/102173720

Daniel speaks with the pioneering US photographer, activist and UCLA Professor Catherine Opie, whose early portraits of her genderqueer community challenged homophobia and moral panic during the heightened atmosphere of the AIDS epidemic. Catherine has gone to become one of America's foremost contemporary fine art photographers. Binding Ties is the first survey of her work in Australia. Plus, meet a musician who improvises music to artworks she encounters at galleries and artists' studios.

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