Sunil Gupta Discusses Queer Identity and Photography in New Podcast

In a recent episode of 'A brush with...' podcast, photographer Sunil Gupta reflects on his five-decade career exploring queer identity, migration, and race. Born in New Delhi in 1953, Gupta has worked across Canada, the UK, and India, using autobiography to address themes such as queer desire, LGBTQ+ social environments, political violence, and the HIV/AIDS crisis. The podcast covers his early photographic experiments, his alignment with community and political subjects over commercial work, and his influences, including photographers George Platt Lynes, Duane Michals, and Paul Strand, as well as admiration for artist Shilpa Gupta. He also discusses his passion for Bollywood, writers like Flannery O'Connor, and the impact of Chris Marker's 'La Jetée' on his series 'Sun City'. The conversation is available as a video on The Art Newspaper and Bloomberg Connects YouTube channels. The podcast is sponsored by Bloomberg Connects, which offers digital guides to cultural institutions, including those that have hosted Gupta's solo exhibitions, such as Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, the Holburne Museum in Bath, and the Photographers' Gallery in London. Gupta's upcoming exhibition, 'Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970-Now', is scheduled at Kettle's Yard from 19 September to 31 January 2027.