Al Clayton Photography Exhibit: LGBTQ+ Icons and Extra

Starting Sept. 26, the work of late Atlanta photographer Al Clayton will probably be on show on the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art.

“Al Clayton Photography: Lost and Found” presents a have a look at life in Nineteen Eighties Atlanta with greater than 35 black-and-white pictures and phone sheets celebrating drag icons like Mr. Charlie Brown and RuPaul, membership youngsters at Backstreet, and the LGBTQ+ neighborhood.

Also on show will probably be a particular collection of Clayton’s personal belongings, together with cameras, loops, and different gear, giving a glance into his creative course of.

Included within the exhibit are pictures from Clayton’s never-before-exhibited ‘90s collection “Lost Things,” seven rigorously organized tableaus composed of discarded gadgets discovered round Atlanta.

Along with capturing Atlanta’s LGBTQ+ neighborhood, Clayton photographed historic occasions just like the civil warfare in Biafra, a Ku Klux Klan rally in Stone Mountain, and the careers of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. He additionally made an influence on the growth of the U.S. meals stamp program along with his pictures e book “Still Hungry in America,” based on an AJC interview with Jennie Clayton, the artist’s daughter.

“Al Clayton Photography: Lost and Found” opens with a free reception on Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. and runs by Dec. 7. On Nov. 13, the artist’s daughter, Jennie Clayton, will give a lecture about her father’s work within the Skylight Gallery with particular visitors at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.

The exhibit is produced in partnership with Lost-n-Found Youth, an Atlanta group offering service to homeless LGBTQ+ youth.

To study extra in regards to the exhibit and the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, go to museum.oglethorpe.edu.

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