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David Gwinnutt

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19:(born 1961) is a British photographer, artist and designer who was part of London's 1980s club scene. His work is known for its intimate nature, revealing an unseen side to his subjects, which are drawn from London's art world and queer scene. He has photographed amongst others, 151:
when he went to photograph him and their close friendship lasted until Proctor's death in 2003. Procktor used Gwinnutt as the model for the figures of St John the Baptist and Jesus in his painting for the St John Baptist Chapel in
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In 2017 he published his first book, The White Camera Diaries, which contains many of his 1980's photographs, love letters and the stories behind the images. <
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he began a series of events to raise money for The Peter Tatchell Foundation and was subsequently invited to become a trustee of the Foundation (2013-2017)
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In a desire to diversify from photography and express himself as an artist, Gwinnutt looked to his life-time experience as a gay man and his pride in being
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2006. The design was an instant hit and caught the mood in the UK at the time which was acknowledging equal rights for gay people.
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Pink List of the top 100 most influential gay people in Britain for creating the Pink Jack flag, a twist on the
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London In 2017 he had his first solo display at The National Portrait Gallery entitled, Before We Were Men
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to identify homosexuals. It was later reclaimed by gay men as a badge of honour and became a recognised
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symbol. Gwinnutt's first experiments with the design were in 1999 but he officially launched it at
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Many of the world's leading publications have featured Gwinnutt's portraits, including
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Horner, Lena (December 2000). "The In-Crowd. Lovers and lotahrios of the 1980s".
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and they became lovers White later penned a portrait of Gwinnutt in his memoir,
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for inspiration. This led him to create the Pink Jack. A simple change to the
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Gwinnutt's intimate portrait of White was used for the paperback cover of
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officially sanctioned Gwinnutt's design for a banner for the English
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Twenty one of his portraits are in the collection of the
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Quentin Crisp
Derek Jarman
Gilbert and George
Leigh Bowery
Edmund White
Maggie Hambling
Rupert Everett
John Schlesinger
The Fine Art Society
The Independent
The Independent
Interview Magazine
Vogue
The Face
Le Figaro
The New Yorker
The Guardian
Attitude
Gay Times
Tatler
The Evening Standard
National Portrait Gallery
Patrick Procktor
Chichester Cathedral
Edmund White
British
Union Jack
pink triangle
Nazis
LGBT

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