Permissible Beauty is an innovative research and portraiture project that responds to the absence of Black Queer visibility in our national story and heritage, exploring and celebrating what is unique about British Black and Queer identity.

Person in period clothing wearing a white shirt and a black cape looking out a big window in a historic heritage site.
About

Photographer adjusting lights for his subject in a historic heritage site setting.
Portraiture

Film crew shooting a film in a historic heritage site (interior, corridor). Statues can be seen in the background.
Film

Large room in a heritage site with high ceiling and considerably big painting on all walls.
Installation

Series of historic portraits, mostly women and mythological scenes, displayed in a historic site.
In the Press

Orange fabric background with the words 'Permissible Beauty' going across it.
Contact

Images: David McAlmont (Permissible Beauty), 2022 © Robert Taylor; Robert Taylor (Permissible Beauty), 2022 © David McAlmont; The Windsor Beauties (Hampton Court Palace), Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2022; Permissible Beauty Logo designed by They/Them