Using delicate fabrics and florals to reframe the queer body, Ugo Woatzi's photos explore queer performance and pride. See more:
We spoke with the photographer about the oppressiveness of a small town upbringing, the advantages of self-as-subject and the freedom of**You've lived in very different corners of the world: Toulouse, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Brussels, presently La Réunion. How has your vision of masculinity changed according to place?
**I was born in the southwest of France, in a small village where everyone knows each other. Very traditional and patriarchal, where you have to be a man in a certain way: strong and not very sensitive or emotional… It was impossible for me to accept and show myfreely there. I tried to when I was a kid… Then other kids started saying, “pédé, pédé, pédé” [French word for fag] all the time.
When I was 18, I moved to Toulouse. I joined a theatre company and met open-minded people. I was still hiding. Everyone around me understood that I was gay, but I didn't want to accept it. But I discovered how men can be different, how masculinity can be different. It was a big change. During my third year of university, I did an Erasmus exchange in Istanbul. It was my first trip outside of France. It was exciting. I was like, I can be whoever I want! I felt very free because nobody knew me. I went back to France, where I was studying sociology and political science. Then I moved to Brussels for my masters, which I never finished. I reached a turning point in my life, like, fuck, I need to accept who I am, I need to do what I want. I was 25.
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