Where Love Is Illegal

Where Love is Illegal is a book of 80 polaroid portraits of LGBTQI+ people from around the world. Each photograph is accompanied by text edited from personal testimonies written by those featured, and from interviews conducted by the photographer and author Robin Hammond. They were made in 14 countries between 2014 and 2019.

“In giving his subjects the chance to present and represent themselves, Hammond uncovers something powerful. His focus affords people a dignity in their identity, and honours their image of themselves as they see themselves, not as subjects of derision or violence. Even while disguising their eyes or covering their faces, his subjects reveal their real sense of identity.” writes author Huw Lemmey about the work of Robin Hammond.