Kominek Gallery in Berlin shows the exhibition Tenha Orgulho by Kamila K Stanley. She thus presents the exhibition.
Today, Brazil is the most dangerous country on earth for an LGBTQIA+ person; half of the world’s homophobic murders are committed there. . In 2018, the country I know began to change. The specter of fascism resurfaced in the person of Jair Bolsonaro and his far-right agenda. In just a few months, homophobic attacks increased by 30% in the country; figure which climbed exponentially throughout his presidency. I then started the Tenha Orgulho series; which translates to “Be Proud”. Starting from an intimate circle, the project grew. For four years, I traveled across Brazil to create portraits of LGBTQIA+ people. I wanted to distance myself from stereotypes about queer Latin culture: hypersexualized bodies, or the fetishized precariousness of prostitution and drug addiction. Each portrait aims to reflect an image of which the person represented is proud. I ask everyone where and how they would like to be represented; which took me from the favelas overlooking Rio to the chic neighborhoods of São Paulo. The portraits are interspersed with appearances of the rich Brazilian fauna, offering a parallel reading between the violence exercised by humans on LGBTQIA+ populations, and that carried out on living things (deforestation of the Amazon, destruction of biodiversity).
Kamila K Stanley
Kamila K Stanley is an Anglo-Polish photographer who has lived in France since the age of 6. The immigration of her family and this juxtaposition of cultures gave rise to her fascination for language, dialogue and exchange. Language studies (Portuguese and Spanish) brought her to Rio de Janeiro, the beginning of a great love affair with Brazil. Kamila learned photography she is self-taught.
Kamila K Stanley : Tenha Orgulho
Until March 28, 2025
Kominek Gallery
Immanuelkirchstr. 25
10405 Berlin
+49 1577144184
www.kominekominekominek.com
