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In Conversation with Lola Flash: Seminal Photography from an LGBTQ Art Icon

In conversation with the photographer Lola Flash on the occasion of the stellar exhibit, Lola Flash: 1986-Present, on view at Pen + Brush. Flash has been documenting the QTPOC community since the 80s, during the trying and turbulent times of the AIDS crisis, to also photographing iconic queer and female subjects from all walks of […]

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From the Archive: New York Times Lens: Beauty, Pride and Power in Photos by Lola Flash

After about 32 years of making pictures with hardly any time to rest, Flash is standing a little taller herself these days, thanks to a retrospective exhibit of her various projects at the Pen and Brush Gallery in Manhattan.

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Brooklyn Rail IN CONVERSATION: Lola Flash with Amy Deneson

Lola Flash’s retrospective at Pen + Brush, 1986 to Present, honors creative activism at its finest. … This historic retrospective of seventy-one photographs spans a life of advocacy.

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Qweerist

Photographer Challenges Stereotypes in Career-Spanning Exhibition.

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Aperture

Flash’s germinal bodies of work continue to serve as an important touchstone for any student of photography, and certainly the lineage of art produced by black, queer women.

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Duggal Connect – Art Scene

Photographer Lola Flash presents an engaging oeuvre of portraiture.

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ARTNews

The solo exhibition presents work spanning three decades, including a cross-processed color photography series the artist made in response to the AIDS crisis.

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The artist is known for her often feminist-tinged work that challenges preconceived notions about race and sexuality.

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Flash focuses on upsetting normalized and oppressive standards of gender, age, and race.

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Time Out Loves

For more than three decades, Lola Flash’s photos have challenged gender, sexual and racial norms. Nonprofit Pen + Brush hosts the first comprehensive exhibition of Flash’s photos.