Few media can capture the nuances and interplay of outward experience and internal narratives like photography. This year, the Festival has taken as its inspiration the visual politics of sexuality and the ways in which the camera is used to construct and deconstruct gender binaries.

Through a range of exhibitions, talks, workshops, screenings, masterclasses, reviews and tours, the Festival will explore how photography has a particular role in shaping ideas about identity and selfhood; how one sees oneself – authentically and transparently - and how one is viewed by others.

Exhibitions and events take place across both public and private spheres, in which audiences can engage with discussion around contemporary gender discourse. Representation, self-portraiture, ideology, the body, fashion and community are enduring themes in photographic works that are truthful, celebratory, poignant, political, domestic and erotic.