'As many of them tell me, the aim is to be treated the same as anyone else. So I hope that by having stories coming from this marginalized group, they can challenge hostile narratives about their lives,' Hammond says. 'Stories are the way that we relate to each other and to our world. The ultimate goal, Hammond says, is to have LGBT people seen, heard, and valued within their own communities. That inclusive approach aims to amplify the voices of those who are traditionally silenced. The images that survive are shared, along with testimony, on the project's Instagram account and website, which asks for visitors of all countries to share their stories of discrimination.
Though at 18 I didn’t understand why they. Especially if they were handsome, or interesting. They choose their clothing, poses, and expressions they write their own stories and, after the images are taken on a large-format Polaroid camera, Hammond gives his subjects the option to destroy them. Occasionally when older men would flirt with me online or in real life I would find myself flattered. Kennedy Journalism Award for his work, among others-but each image in Where Love Is Illegal represents an artistic collaboration between Hammond and his subjects. Hammond is an award-winning photojournalist-he has earned a World Press Photo prize and the Robert F. Brown's photograph is one of the 80 portraits that photographer Robin Hammond has captured for his series Where Love Is Illegal, which shares the images and stories of LGBT citizens from some of the dozens of countries worldwide where homosexuality is criminalized.
