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Benjamin Dawkins
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Film photography enthusiast, wanderer/traveller, sometimes activist. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈
Uni Kent PhD researcher on covert homosexuality in late 19th century art.
My top 10 continued. Disclaimer: other great books also available! #LGBTHistoryMonth

1. The Sexual Perspective 🥇🌈🎨
A truly beautiful book exploring art through its production by gay artists, the ‘gay gaze’, social contexts and more. So much here of use to students and researchers at all levels. 💜
February 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My top 10 continued. #LGBTHistoryMonth

2. Hard to Imagine 🥈🎞️📸
Thomas Waugh literally tells us as it is. It’s full on, and all the better for it! Incredibly well researched and well written. More early history than my no. 3, Fully Exposed. With my no. 1, it should be on everyone’s bookshelves.
February 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My top 10 books, continued.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM

3. Fully Exposed 🥉📸📸
An absolute must for anyone exploring the history of male nude photography. I found this incredibly useful when researching the ‘artist aid’ nude photography of 1850s-80s, Eadweard Muybridge, and 1950s physique magazines.
February 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My top 10 books for homosexuality in late 19th/early 20th century art, cont.
#LGBTHistoryMonth

4. Queer British Art 🎨🌈
An absolute gem and future classic. Accompanied a 2017 Tate Britain exhibition. Well written and impressive for its diversity of content, revealing a rich history of queer art. 💛
February 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Two from my uni library.

6. The Naked Portrait - 20thC art and photography by a previous lecturer of mine, Martin Hammer. Mapplethorpe, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nan Goldin, Alice Neel and more.

5. Nude Men - Great essays, wide ranging examples. Loving the Schiele, Anton Kolig, Richard Gerstl content.
February 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My top 10 books, continued.
#LGBTHistoryMonth

8. Art & Queer Culture
7. Museum Bums

Both of these are a joy to delve into. Informative, alive with social history and commentary, and beautifully illustrated. Plus, some of art’s greatest assets too! 🧡
February 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM