Documenting his personal experiences, Greek photographer Rennt contributes to the public discourse on sexual empowerment and to support the visibility and representation of the LGBTQ+ community
Spyros Rennt for Lampoon 25 – the Transparency Issue
Title: The only text with no irony is the Gospel
Transparency in a literal sense. Images of water or glass, also figuratively. I was looking for openness and honesty. And this is what I was asking from the people that posed for me
Spyros Rennt
Greek photographer living and working between Athens and Berlin. His photographic work documents queer sexuality and the rave subculture through a personal lens. He has published two photographic books, Another Excess (2018) and Lust Surrender (2020). He has exhibited his work in group shows in Europe and the US, in spaces like the Schinkel Pavillon (Berlin, 2019) and the Schwules Museum (Berlin, 2021). His work has been featured in publications worldwide, such as Interview, i-D, Dazed, Sleek, Indie, Electronic Beats, and Kaltblut, among others. He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2021).
Credits:
special thanks to Nicolas, Paolo, Antigoni, Christopher, Sebastian, Jose, Cotton, Till, Steve and Max