Publisher/Stanley Barker

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"Come Out" is a photobook by Sunil Gupta (1953-), a photographer born in New Delhi, India. After living in Canada, Gupta studied at the Royal College of Art in London. Since the 1970s, he has consistently used photography as a social and political practice, focusing on themes such as the queer community, immigration, race, family, and HIV/AIDS. This book includes scenes from the Pride Marches and protests in Britain in the 1980s. At that time, Britain was under the Thatcher government, and there was strong oppression of the queer community, including Clause 28, which prohibited the "promotion" of homosexuality. Before the Pride that is now sponsored by huge corporations, what existed there were small, heartfelt protests and solidarity spaces. Intersecting with anti-nuclear movements and demonstrations in support of coal miners, the streets were filled with a strong will to "make existence visible." Gupta was not an outside observer, but stood in this place as a member of the community himself, and photographed people with an intimate sense of distance. The scene, a mix of joy and anger, anxiety and liberation, vividly conveys the atmosphere of an era in which personal experience and political struggle were inseparable.