The Berlin-based Galerie Nord – Kunstverein Tiergarten is addressing the challenge of respectfully depicting the lived realities of queer people through its new exhibition "The Line Between Us." The show features eleven positions of queer photography, curated by photographers Nora Bibel and Marcus Höhn, and runs from August 23 through November 1, 2025.

Despite having the world's highest number of Pride parades and a partially more open attitude toward LGBTQ+ issues, violence and aggression against queer people continue to rise steadily. This troubling trend raises questions about whether society's treatment of the LGBTQ+ movement serves as a barometer for the state of democracy itself.

In the face of these increasing acts of inhumane aggression against queer people, the project "The Line Between Us – Eleven Positions of Queer Photography" initiated by photographers Nora Bibel and Marcus Höhn has gained even stronger necessity and relevance. For the exhibition, they selected eleven photographers and artists from the LGBTQ+ community who provide a broad-ranging insight into their work and the everyday lives of queer people.

The photographers challenge the normative gaze from within through their portraits, reportages, documentations, and photographic installations, opening up various perspectives of self-empowerment through these representations. Through both staged and documentary photography, the eleven positions demonstrate the extraordinary strength and resistance that people can develop through collective empowerment processes.

The exhibition focuses on transgenerational exchange, the daily lives of queer people in crisis areas, and invisibility as a survival strategy. Sometimes glamorous, sometimes unspectacular, sometimes shocking, but always sensitive, the selected photographic positions explore the power of diversity and plurality through their conceptual strength and as visual 'images.'

The artists and activists involved question through their work how much photography can influence social transformation processes, while also demanding acceptance and respectful coexistence. The exhibition features works by Sitara Ambrosio, Nora Bibel, Lucas Bihler, Marcus Höhn, the collective Mit Euren Spuren, DeLovie Kwagala, Jo Langenhoff, Jeannette Petri, Minh Duc Pham, Lotte Reimann, and Vincent Wechselberger.

One of the featured works includes Sitara Thalia Ambrosio's piece "Fragileasglass" from 2022, which is represented by VG Bild-Kunst in Bonn. The exhibition represents a significant cultural moment in Berlin's art scene, highlighting the power of photography to document, challenge, and transform societal perceptions of queer identity and experience.