As Amsterdam Pride officially begins this week, Bildhalle Amsterdam presents the newest series of photographer Pieter Henket. In 'Birds of Mexico City' Henket explores the tension between traditional notions of gender in Mexico City and a new generation determined to define itself on its own terms. Together with costume designer Chino Castilla, he developed a visual language in which fashion, Catholic symbolism and self-expression converge. "It is about people who refuse to be confined by labels or subcultures and who have the courage to shape their own identity."
The exhibition is on show at Bildhalle Amsterdam until 8 August.
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