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Another Kind of Life

Photography on the Margins

Gazing directly into the camera, Paz Errazuriz’s arresting photograph of Pilar, a cross-dresser working in an underground brothel in Chile during the 1980s.

Explore our series of podcasts and video interviews exploring the themes of the exhibition, touching on themes of countercultures, subcultures and minorities of all kinds.

Gazing directly into the camera, Paz Errazuriz’s arresting photograph of Pilar, a cross-dresser working in an underground brothel in Chile during the 1980s.
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Another Kind of Life Story

We look closer at some of the stories behind the photographers and their subjects of 'Another Kind of Life' in our podcast series.

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Barbican Meets: Walter Pfeiffer

 

Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer recounts his first steps into the world of photography, and shares the story of how 'Carlo Joh', his series of photographs of a young man oscillating between naked, made-up and drag, came into being.

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Barbican Meets: Paz Errázuriz

 

Since the 1980s, Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz has documented those living on the fringes of society: from trans communities to the homeless. Here she recounts the stories behind some of her photographs and talks to us about living with her subjects in a brothel during the military regime in Chile.