Published in 2023, Ordinary People: Portraits from LGBTQ Armenia, Georgia, and Russia by Ksenia Kuleshova is a series of color portraits, accompanied by short interviews, of LGBTQ Armenians, Georgians, and Russians.
Ksenia Kuleshova is a documentary photographer based in Germany and Belgium. She has been featured in the British Journal of Photography as one of thirty-one women to watch, as one of twenty rising women photojournalists by Artsy, and as one of The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, DIE ZEIT, and FOCUS and she is the author of Ordinary People (The New Press).
In late 2022, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dragged on, President Vladimir Putin signed new legislation cracking down on LGBTQ communities. The new legislation expands on the 2013 law to cover all ages and all media, causing many to fear for a new wave of homophobic violence.
Despite the relentless homophobia from politicians, religious leaders, and the media, [the interviewees] remain open about their sexuality and seek happiness and joy in their everyday lives.
From the book description
Book Reveal with Ksenia Kuleshova
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ISBN: 978-1-62097-793-4. Published by The New Press.
