Resident’s Photo Exhibition by Ming De Nasty

Residents is a unique socially engaged project by photographer Ming De Nasty and the vibrant LGBTQIA+ community of Liverpool’s city centre.

During the last four months, Ming has been taking portraits of the members of Liverpool’s LGBTQIA+ community and discussing how the centre of the city feels to them. These portraits are exhibited around Liverpool, on MerseyRail stations and on photography stands in Open Eye Gallery’s atrium.

LGBTQIA+ people have long gathered in the city centre for safety, community, and self-expression. Residents aims to honour that culture by making their presence visible via public artworks. Residents is a place for queer people of different generations and identities to celebrate each other.

The artworks will be displayed at selected MerseyRail stations: Hamilton Square, Maghull North, Green Lane, Spital, Moorfields, Birkenhead Central, Aughton Park, Kirkdale, Eastham Rake, James St, Town Green, Rock Ferry.

Residents is a socially engaged photography project by Ming de Nasty and LGBTQIA+ community members, co-commissioned by Open Eye Gallery and Homotopia . Residents is part of the Photo Here programme – a series of 6 residencies with a variety of groups around the Liverpool City Region. Residents is part of Homotopia Festival 2025.

We are grateful to our venue partner MerseyRail.