Brief Encounters: Queer Instant Photography

Brief Encounters is an exploration of the legacy of artists using instant photography to express the queer experience. Queer people have used instant formats to protect the free expression of their intimacies, relationships, sexual liaisons, and communities; some of the risks of showing these images exist to this day. Brief Encounters functions to encourage artists to freely express aspects of queerness, resulting in diverse approaches to the instant format. Audiences will witness deeply personal glimpses into the lives of these artists as well as wild departures from what one may expect from “queer photography.”

Brief Encounters: Queer Instant Photography

Opening Reception: Feb 1, 5-9pm Runs Feb 1-28, 2025

Carnation Contemporary 8317 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR

Exhibiting Artists: Ryan Rudewicz @rude.polaroids Wayne Bund @bundlandia Ian Lewandowski @ilewando Soft Butch @soft_butch Catalina Bulgach @oldassdutchess Nate Francis @natehfrancis Tom Kay @tomofportland Jamieson Edson @j_a_m_i_e_s Chris Moody @horsegurlpress José Tinoco @j0setin0c0 Shadows Gather @shadows.gather Kareem Michael Worrell @kareemworrellphoto C Meier @rispix Christian Rogers @christianmakesthings Michael Espinoza @michaelespinozaart Jackson Fader @bigbrojacks Stuart Sandford @stuartsandford Carlos Enfedaque @enfedead