No title (Two women embracing, 'Glad to be gay')
(1973); printed (2018)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
20.2 × 30.3 cm (image) 28.0 × 38.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2018
© Ponch Hawkes, 2018
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
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.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Accession Number
2018.1372
Department
Australian Photography
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest