Dearest Interview Magazine
2012
Medium
poster
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Susan Jones and James McGrath, 2018
© Guerrilla Girls
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Ponch Hawkes captured powerful images of lesbian love and friendship during Melbourne’s early 1970s gay liberation movement. Hawkes worked for the counterculture magazine The Digger alongside Australian writer Helen Garner. The two often collaborated on projects, producing impassioned essays and imagery that platformed communities often excluded from mainstream media. The pride and solidarity shown in these images stand in stark contrast to the extreme discrimination queer people faced during the time.
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Matti BRAUN
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Brent HARRIS
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India MAHDAVI
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