Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

Get the whole family involved in 'Masculinities' with our interactive exercises exploring the themes of the exhibition. 

Take a walk around our Masculinities exhibition in a full length tour with Barbican curator, Alona Pardo.

Photographer and activist Sunil Gupta tells us how he captured the diametrically opposed experiences of gay culture, in New York and Delhi.

Join photographers Karen Knorr and Anna Fox in conversation, as they discuss the aesthetics and socio-political issues explored in their photography.

Our top picks of books exploring what it means to be a man in today's world - from fiction to essays and poems.

What does it mean to be a man?

Photographer and filmmaker Campbell Addy talks to us about gender, growing up as a Jehovah's witness, and coming out in this playful, pastel-hued short film produced in collaboration with NOWNESS as part of our exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

What does masculinity mean?

Creator, maker and storyteller Ivan Michael Blackstock talks to us about masculinity and embracing his feminine side in this playful, pastel-hued short film produced in collaboration with NOWNESS as part of our photography exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

What does it mean to be a man? 

Designer and stylist Harris Reed talks to us about gender and toxic masculinity in this playful, pastel-hued short film produced in collaboration with NOWNESS as part of our exhibition, Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

We take a look at how musicians have dealt with the subject of masculinity.