"Na kasance mai yawan lalata," in ji Sunil Gupta, yana waiwaye kan gwaje-gwajensa na daukar hoto tun shekarun 1970. An haife shi a Indiya, ya girma a Kanada, kuma ya zauna a Burtaniya a 1978 bayan shekaru biyu yana karatu a New York, Gupta ya shafe shekaru biyar yana rubutawa da bayyana rayuwar 'yan luwadi. A cikin aikinsa, ya yi shiru yana neman sabbin hanyoyin gani, yana bincika yadda daukar hoto zai iya shafe layi tsakanin almara da gaskiya, tsakanin sararin jama'a da kuma sirrin sirri. Aikinsa yana nazarin yadda muke soyayya da dangantaka da juna, a kan siyasa da zamantakewa da ke canzawa koyaushe. Yana daukar hoto da soyayya—amma ba tare da haɗari ba. An taba rufe wani nuni a Indiya da gwamnati, kuma a farkon kwanakinsa a Burtaniya, yayin da yake aiki tare da abokin aikin daukar hoto Tessa Boffin, ya tuna masu kula da kayan tarihi "suna ja da baya a jiki lokacin da muka shiga ɗakin—'yan luwadi biyu sanye da fata sun yi musu yawa! Amma mun kasance masu tsaurin kai game da jima'i; ba mu ji kunya ba." Gabanin baje kolinsa a Kettle's Yard a Cambridge, Gupta ya tattauna kan hotuna 10 masu muhimmanci daga aikinsa.
1. No 43 daga Christopher Street
Wannan kusan shine kawai hoto a cikin jerin da ya nuna mutum mai launi sosai. A lokacin, ba a saba ganin mutanen Asiya a Christopher Street a New York ba, kuma na ga ɗan kaina a cikin mutumin da ke hannun dama. Mutanen biyu da ke gaba suna daidai da abin da nake tunawa daga wancan lokacin: kuna samun gashi da tufafi saboda kuna son kamanni, kuma kuna samun wanda za ku yi hira da shi. A bayansu akwai masu adawa: 'yan luwadi na yau da kullum waɗanda ke yin fareti a kan Christopher Street—amma a nan, suna baya. Ina kuma son mutum ɗaya da ke can nesa a titi—akwai wani abu game da kaɗaici na yin jima'i a titi.
2. Daga Towards an Indian Gay Image
Wannan hoton yana bayyana saboda na koma Delhi a karon farko. Na girma kusa da wannan kabarin, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa yake sake bayyana a cikin aikin. Ina ƙoƙarin nemo hanyar daukar hoton maza masu luwadi a Delhi, amma wannan ya kasance kusan 1982—babu wanda zai kasance a cikin hoto. Akwai cikakken shiru game da luwadi. Ko mutanen da suka fita don yin jima'i a wuraren jama'a—babu hira, babu harshe game da shi. Don haka na fara daukar hotuna marasa kai, amma ba ya tafiya sosai. Duk da haka, ina son wannan, kuma ya sanya baje kolin digiri na a RCA. Lokacin da na kammala, na yi rayuwa ta aikin zaman kai. Na je The Guardian, kuma sun tambaya, akwai labari? Na ce eh, sannan na gudu gida na rubuta labari, kuma sun buga shi a jarida—don haka wannan kuma shine hotona na farko da aka buga.
3. Daga Trespass Series 1
Na yi waɗannan haɗe-haɗe a kan kwamfutocin Apple na farko da suke da na'urorin daukar hoto marasa inganci. Na ji daɗi sosai da shi. Na buga su da girma sosai a wani shagon kofi a Soho. Tattaunawar a wancan lokacin, a 1992, ta kasance akasin Brexit—ya kamata mu shiga kuɗin Turai ɗaya? Hagu a lokacin sun kasance masu adawa da Yuro, kuma ya tayar da tambayoyi da yawa ga baƙi daga Commonwealth—mun yi tunanin za mu rasa haƙƙinmu na zama a nan. A cikin wannan jerin na yi tunanin Jamus a matsayin cibiyar Turai haɗe—a geographically da tattalin arziki.
4. Daga 'Pretended' Family Relationships
Wannan ya fara a matsayin aiki game da Clause 28, daga baya Section 28, doka da gwamnatin Thatcher ta gabatar a 1988 wadda ta hana ƙananan hukumomi da makarantu "inganta luwadi." A ƙarshen shekarun 1980, ina rayuwa a cikin kumfa a Brixton tare da abokin tarayya fari, kuma duk ma'auratan da muka sani sun kasance masu bambancin launin fata, kuma muna tunanin hakan yana da kyau. Kuma yadda ya kamata ya kasance. Na fara daukar hotuna, amma yana da wahala samun samfuran Baƙi da Asiya don hotunan 'yan luwadi—babu wanda zai iya fito fili. Don haka na yi amfani da ma'auratan karya, mutanen da na sani.
5. Daga Love and Light
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Hoto: Sunil Gupta/© Sunil Gupta. Duk Haƙƙoƙin An Tanade, DACS 2026
Wannan shine komawata Indiya a 2005. Na sadu da wani a Leh wanda ke aiki a fim da wasan kwaikwayo. Shi ma malami ne. Mun haɗu, kuma ya kasance mai tsanani sosai. Na isa Indiya da akwatina, amma a lokacin ya daina sha'awa. Duk da haka, na yanke shawarar zama. Shirin ya kasance daukar jerin hotuna na mu tare a wurare masu ban sha'awa—a maimakon haka, ya zama ni kaɗai a wurare masu ban sha'awa. Sannan a ƙarshe, na sadu da mijina, Charan Singh, a wani taron AIDS a Delhi. Shi ma'aikacin zamantakewa ne, kuma ina kan mataki a matsayin mutum mai HIV.
6. Daga Country: Portrait of an Indian Village (an dauka a 2007)
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Hoto: © Sunil Gupta. Duk Haƙƙoƙin An Tanade, DACS 2025.
A London, kuna fita kuma babu wanda ya san ku. Amma a wannan ƙauye a Indiya, kowa ya san ku, wanda kakanku ya kasance, yadda kuka iso. Bayan 'yan makonni, yana jin kamar kurkuku. Na yi tunanin zan yi aiki game da wani ƙauye a Rajasthan kuma na shiga sosai, amma a matsayin baƙo. Duk da haka, a wannan wuri, ina yawo da kyamara, in tsaya, in yi hira. Wani kawu ya ba ni tarihin baka na shekaru 300. Ɗan uwana ya gina mini wani mugun buɗaɗɗen siminti a kan ƙaramin fili na mahaifina, yana tunanin zan so zama a ciki—wanda yake da daɗi sosai a gare shi. Ina tsammanin idan komai ya lalace, zan iya zama a cikin wannan buɗaɗɗen siminti.
7. Daga Sun City (babban hoto)
Wannan ya dogara ne akan wani yanayi daga La Jetée na Chris Marker. Yana haɗa tarihin hoton luwadi da ba a taɓa koya mini ba amma na tattara wa kaina. Matsayin kowane mutum yana nuni ga wani hoto na tarihi daban—daga Robert Mapplethorpe zuwa George Platt Lynes, komawa Wilhelm Von Gloeden da zanen Romantic na Faransa.
8. Daga the Black Experience
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Hoto: Sunil Gupta/© Sunil Gupta. Duk Haƙƙoƙin An Tanade, DACS 2025.
Wannan wani ɓangare ne na nuni a [gidan hoto na London] Autograph a 1986, wanda Greater London Council ta ba da umarni. A wancan lokacin, "Baƙi" yana nufin duk wanda ke da gadon daular Burtaniya—ma'anar farko na GLC har ma sun haɗa da Irish. Na sami kaina tsakanin gwagwarmaya biyu: Asiyawa waɗanda ba su tunanin su Baƙi ne, da abokan aiki Baƙi waɗanda ba su kallon al'adun Asiya kwata-kwata. Na yi tunanin idan ban yi hotuna game da Kudancin Asiya ba, ba za a sami hotunanmu a cikin nunin ba—don haka na yi hotuna 10. Wannan baje kolin shine farkon Autograph. Yana da ban mamaki cewa har yanzu yana nan.
9. Daga Homelands
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Hoto: Sunil Gupta/© Sunil Gupta. Duk Haƙƙoƙin An Tanade, DACS 2026.
Na kasance a wani matsayi mai rauni sosai. Ina kusan shekaru 50. An gano ina da HIV, aikina ya ragu, kuma rayuwata ta zamantakewa ta ɓace. Na sami tallafin shekaru uku a Southampton, wanda ya kasance mai ban mamaki sosai. Na yi wannan aikin game da ni a matsayin mutum mai HIV, ina kallon yanayin ƙasa da inda na fito. Waɗannan hotuna duka an dauke su a London; ɗaya yana a Asibitin St Thomas, inda nake samun maganin da kuma mummunan ƙwarewar drip mai juyawa daga zuciyata. Ɗayan hoton yana kan Drummond Street, inda zan je wurin abinci na Indiya.
10. Daga Exiles
Duba hoto a cikakken allo
Hoto: © Sunil Gupta. Duk Haƙƙoƙin An Tanade, DACS 2025.
A 1986-7, na sami umarni daga Photographers' Gallery a London. Na yi tunanin zan yi amfani da shi don komawa Delhi in yi aiki game da maza masu luwadi na Indiya. Masu ba ni labari sun kai ni wuraren da suke yin jima'i kuma sun yarda su kasance cikin hotuna, har zuwa wani mataki. Zan yi hira da mutane da yawa da yawa kawai ta amfani da na'urar rikodin murya. Abubuwan da aka ciro daga rikodin ne, amma ba koyaushe suke dacewa da mutumin da ke cikin hoto ba. Na ji cewa hotuna kawai ba za su isar da rikitarwar ba. Ina tsammanin wani ɓangare na tafiyata shine sanya maza masu luwadi na Indiya a cikin tarihin al'adu. Lokacin da nake ɗalibi, ba za ku same su a ko'ina ba. Ina matuƙar farin ciki cewa wannan aikin yanzu MoMA a New York ta samu, don haka ina jin suna cikin littattafan tarihi yanzu. Aikina ya ƙare. Sunil Gupta: Life with a Camera, 1970 – Now yana a Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 19 Satumba zuwa 31 Janairu.
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
Ga jerin tambayoyin da ake yawan yi dangane da aikin Sunil Gupta da maganar Ba mu ji kunya ba Mun kasance 'yan luwadi sanye da fata
Tambayoyin Farko
Wanene Sunil Gupta
Sunil Gupta ƙwararren mai daukar hoto ne kuma ɗan gwagwarmaya haifaffen Indiya Ya shahara wajen rubuta rayuwar maza masu luwadi da asalin 'yan luwadi da kuma ƙasashen waje na Kudancin Asiya tun shekarun 1970
Menene maganar Ba mu ji kunya ba Mun kasance 'yan luwadi sanye da fata ke nufi
Bayanin alfahari ne Yana nufin mutanen da ke cikin hotunansa ba su ɓoye jima'insu ba sun nuna shi da ƙarfin hali da bayyane ta hanyar salonsu da kasancewarsu
Wane irin hotuna Sunil Gupta ya dauka
Ya dauki hotuna na gaskiya da na shirye-shirye na maza masu luwadi a rayuwar yau da kullum a zanga-zangar da wuraren zamantakewa kamar mashaya da kulake Aikinsa yakan mayar da hankali kan kusanci da al'umma da gwagwarmayar siyasa
Yaushe kuma a ina aka dauki waɗannan hotuna
Yawancin wannan aikin an dauke su a shekarun 1970 da 1980 musamman a London Burtaniya da New York City Amurka
Me ya sa waɗannan hotuna suke da muhimmanci
Suna da muhimmanci saboda suna ba da tarihin gani na al'ummar da aka yi watsi da ita ko aka ba da labarinta ba daidai ba ta kafofin watsa labarai na yau da kullum Suna nuna maza masu luwadi a matsayin mutane na gaske da ke rayuwa a fili
Tambayoyin Tsakiya
Menene muhimmancin fata a cikin maganar
A al'adun maza masu luwadi fata tana nufin wani salon tufafi na musamman da ke da alaƙa da namiji mai ƙarfi da tawaye da wani ƙaramin al'adu Hanya ce ta dawo da iko da bayyane
Ta yaya daukar hoton Gupta ya ƙalubalanci ra'ayoyin da ba daidai ba
Bai nuna maza masu luwadi a matsayin waɗanda AIDS ko wariya ta shafa kawai ba Ya nuna su a matsayin masu farin ciki masu ƙauna masu siyasa da salo Ya dauki farin ciki da tawaye na al'umma ba kawai bala'i ba
Menene alaƙar ƙasashen waje na Kudancin Asiya a cikin aikinsa
Gupta yakan bincika haɗuwar kasancewa duka ɗan luwadi da kuma asalin Indiya Ya rubuta ƙwarewar musamman na 'yan luwadi na Kudancin Asiya da ke zaune a Yamma waɗanda sukan fuskanci wariyar launin fata a cikin al'ummar luwadi da kuma ƙiyayya ga luwadi a cikin al'adunsu
An dauki daukar hotonsa a matsayin siyasa
Eh sosai A shekarun 1970 da 80 kasancewa a fili ɗan luwadi a jama'a aiki ne na siyasa Hotunansa wani nau'i ne na gwagwarmaya da ke rubuta zanga-zangar da neman bayyane
