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# Chris Jepson launches kickstarter for Volume 1 of The Identity Project Zine
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/chris-jepson-launches-kickstarter-for-volume-1-of-the-identity-project-zine/
- Published: 2022-04-17T14:00:29.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-15T13:30:52.000Z
- Description: IDENTITY is a project by award-winning photographer Chris Jepson, exploring what it means to identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community today.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, News, Brighton, Brighton & Hove, Chris Jepson, Identity Project, Kickstarter, LGBT, LGBTQ, photography

Photographer **Chris Jepson** has[ launched a Kickstarter campaigner](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chrisjepson/the-identity-project-brighton-and-hove-a-zine-by-chris-jepson?ref=scenemag.co.uk) to fund Volume 1 of *The Identity Project Zine*, which is a selection of portraits of the LGBTQ+ community in Brighton & Hove.

**IDENTITY** is a project by ​award-winning photographer Chris Jepson, exploring what it means to identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community today.

For more than two years, Chris has photographed people who identify as LGBTQ+ and asked them, ‘what does Identity mean to you?’.  

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/9f66598f1d82c3c22d871572a41febf7721a334dbac99fd7426dc3e3a3be4cc7.jpg)

The black and white images in the zine encourage the viewer to look beyond the trappings of location and engage directly with the sitter, while the diverse faces of LGBTQ+ people from innumerable walks of life aim to challenge the stereotypes and assumptions to dispel the myths of perceived identity.

IDENTITY gives visibility to marginalised LGBTQ+ people while promoting a diverse and inclusive community.

Selections of the images have been widely exhibited but this is the first time it has been published.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/identity-promo-grid1-web600.png)

Chris said: “I have started a Kickstarter campaign to fund this first volume and there is a strictly limited edition of 50 signed and 100 unsigned copies available from just £10\. Any surplus funds will go back in to the project so I can photograph more people.

“I am hoping to include everyone I have photographed in Brighton & Hove so far in the zine, so please do check it out and buy one if you can.”

**To donate, [CLICK HERE](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chrisjepson/the-identity-project-brighton-and-hove-a-zine-by-chris-jepson?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**