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The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes

  • Written by Rebecca Fasman, Manager of Traveling Exhibitions at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University
A self-portrait of George Platt Lynes from 1952. Gelatin silver print, 7-5/8 × 9 in. From the Collections of the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. © Estate of George Platt Lynes.

From the late 1920s until his death in 1955, George Platt Lynes was one of the world’s most successful commercial and fine art photographers.

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