The 2023 LOVE Exhibition

©Nadine Levin, Holding onto My Dream, San Mateo California
Happy Valentine’s Day! Thank you to all the photographers who have shared their work in today’s exhibition. The result is truly a love letter of sorts to the photographic realm, how we tell our stories, and most importantly, how we love. The world needs a lot more love.

©Zixi Xia, Lust, Guiyang, China

©Irina Sokolova. 10 Minutes

©Ellen Friedlander, Peter, Los Angeles, CA

© Francesca Cesari, Untitled from the series “Closer”, Bologna, Italy

©Muhammad Zaenuddin, Jakarta, Indonesia , Portrait of Kups (left, 36), a lesbian, with her partner in her house, Jakarta, 25 March, 2022. The normalization of heterosexual through media, education, and social norms has marginaiized her as a lesbian in an open relationship.

© Joseph Geyer, Lavender Haze, Scranton, PA

©Ellen Mitchell, Garden Path, Hamilton Twp., NJ

© Eric Davidove, Primary, San Francisco, CA

©Elena Serafimova, Love, Aktau, Kazakhstan

©Lisa McCord, Self Portrait with Dr Flicker, Los Angeles, CA @lisamccord

© Michael Ryder, Mom’s Last Haircut, St George, UT

©️Marilyn Strauss, Beyond Forever, Paris, France

©Margot Muir, We should all be feminists, Gqeberha, South Africa

© Matt Moment, Couple, Warwick, NY

©Suzanne Williamson.Twenty-seven Years Ago, Point Lookout, NY

©Kym Ghee, Tell Her You Love Her, Los Angeles, CA

© Jon Wollenhaupt, Two Buys on Market Street, San Francisco

©Gretchen Grace, Happy Couple, New York, NY

©Sonia Melnikova-Raich, Takes Two, Chicago, IL

©Maureen J Haldeman, Égalité, Malibu, CA

©Olivia Kim, Wish Lanterns, Seoul, South Korea

©Anthony Striplen, 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

© Sigrid Debusschere, By the frozen lake, Tervuren, Belgium

©Andrea Juan, Love of my Life, Cantabria, Spain

© Christopher Schneberger, Flowers, Huntley, IL

©Jean Marques, Zoraida y Luis, Manhattan, NY

©Miroslav Zselinsky, Love, Nána, Slovakia

©Marthanna Yater, TO LOVE AND BE LOVED BY A DOG, Durham, NC ©marthannayater @marthannayater

©Helynn Ospina, Laundromat , Santa Cruz , CA

© Karina Thyra, Love, Matildo, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

©Shannon Maltbie-Davis, Kitty Love, Basehor, KS

©Anne Connor, Abundance, Ridgeway, WI

© Chloe Jones, Twins, Sonora, Arkansas

© Diane Fenster, Compassionate Heart, UCSF Hospital, San Francisco, CA

©Adrienne Villar, Yours, Kyle, TX
![©Jane Waggoner Deschner, _Remember me. (917.GFH[GA])_ Billilngs, MT - Jane Deschner](http://lenscratch.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/©Jane-Waggoner-Deschner-_Remember-me.-917.GFHGA_-Billilngs-MT-Jane-Deschner.jpg)
© Jane Waggoner Deschner, “Remember me. (917.GFH [GA])” Billings, MT

©Maggie Callahan, Untitled Lovers, Chattanooga, TN

©Tia Daubas, The Lovers, Austin, TX, @tiadaubas

©Konstantinos Irakleous, Touch, Scotland, United Kingdom

© Jeric Lim Ebron, Ma/Ma, Villareal, Samar PH

©Marcy Juran, Holding Hands, New York, NY

©Barb French, Love Language, Sacramento, CA

©Frankie Suzanne Garr, Hands of Love, Kajjansi, Uganda

©Ntokozo Maseko, Bajabulile noZamaZulu, Johannesburg, South Africa

©Rachael Buechler, Finley, Los Angeles, CA

©Katie McCraw, Unconditional, Cupar, Scotland, UK

©Paul Matzner, Love, New York City, NY

©Donna Tramontozzi, Touch, San Francisco, CA, Daddy’s Boy, Stow, MA

© Ariana Ramirez, Fatherhood 4, Dallas, TX

©Josefina Fernandez Moran- Family- Campana, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina

© Chris Maliwat, #ladybug / #ladyliberty, New York, NY

©Bob Shonkoff, Touch, San Francisco, CA

© R. J. Kern, Kids at Bad Medicine Lake, MN, 2022

©Melissa Weiss Ostrow, Brotherly Love, Merrick, NY

©Loren Kaye, Alexa Rose, Cape Town, South Africa @lorenkphotography
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