Holding Space: Life and Love Through a Queer Lens

Featuring 100 stunning color photographs of queer, interracial couples taken by a renowned photographer for the New York Times Magazine, Time, Rolling Stone, and more, this incredible photo and story collection depicts modern love and relationships in all their joy, vulnerability, and affection.

Throughout 2020 and 2021, during a time of intense personal and political upheaval, artist, advocate, and photographer Ryan Pfluger set out to capture intimate images of queer, interracial couples, along with personal insight into their relationships in today’s world. Featured together for the first time in Holding Space, this unique collection of modern love in its many forms across the spectrum of race, sexuality, and gender identity and gives space to these couples to share short, revealing stories about their relationships.

The photos in this collection, and the people in them, can be startling in their openness, playful in their poses, and tender to their core. Pfluger has captured the magic, honesty, and beauty of love in today’s queer culture.

With a Foreword by Janicza Bravo and an essay by Brandon Kyle Goodman

Ryan Pfluger (he/they) is a renowned photographer whose work often deals with recreating memories, memorializing objects, and how sexuality and gender influences image making. He received his MFA from SVA in Photo Video and Related Media. An artist and advocate, his work deals with visibility for all aspects of the queer community. He was born and raised in Queens, New York, and now resides in Los Angeles with his dog Sarah Connor.