Amelia Abraham's new photo book, *Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Queer Nightlife* (MACK, 2026), compiles decades of queer nightlife photography by image-makers including Lola Flash, Wolfgang Tillmans, Lyle Ashton Harris, Susan Kravitz, and Mohamad Abdouni. The volume pairs these images with essays and conversations by Legacy Russell, McKenzie Wark, and Brontez Purnell, exploring themes of visibility, risk, and community in spaces from saunas to drag shows to campgrounds. Abraham discusses the book with Cultured, drawing parallels between the camera's lens and the club as vehicles for self-expression and documentation.
The book arrives at a time when queer nightlife spaces are disappearing and under violent attack, making it both a celebration and a warning. By juxtaposing historical and contemporary photography with critical commentary, Abraham argues for the enduring political and personal importance of queer place-making. The project highlights the tension between visibility and surveillance, asking whether documenting subculture risks exposing it to harm, while affirming photography's role in queer self-affirmation and historical record.