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“It’s about a longing for human connection,” says gallerist Daniel Cooney of Scarlet Muse, an exhibition spanning 150 years of sex work as told in photographs. The history of prostitution is, he suggests, deeply enmeshed with that of photography; seekers of pleasure, of love, and of inspiration have turned time and again to doorsteps of the bordellos.

Benjamin Wolbergs’ photo book is an inclusive representation of the queer community The Berlin-based editor and art director talks us through his mammoth project, New Queer Photography, featuring works from Dustin Thierry, Mohamad Abdouni and many more. Words Four years ago, Benjamin Wolbergs devised an idea. At the time, the Berlin-based art director and editor was working at the publishing house Taschen on a layout for a photography book, featuring images from the 50s with an aesthetic “c...