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2024
Digital billboards and posters
12 of 17 from
All Varieties
288 x 576px, 352 x 540px, 360 x 576px, 432 x 288px, 448 x 576px, 504 x 756px, 576 x 880px, 600 x 280px, 600 x 300px, 612 x 306px, 720 x 384px, 720 x 1080px, 864 x 432px, 864 x 1296px, 880 x 576px, 900 x 450px, 1040 x 440px, 1080 x 1920px, 1152 x 432px, 1224 x 324px, 1280 x 360px, 1728 x 432px, 1920 x 1080px, 2160 x 3840px, 2304 x 576px, 3024 x 3024px Jpeg, RGB Colour
June & July 2024
UK-wide
The great poetess Sappho
(c.610 BCE–c.570 BCE)
wrote poems that revealed both her lyric genius, and her erotic appreciation of young women:
"...with pure, sweet oil
...
you anointed me,
and on a soft, gentle bed...
you quenched your desire..."
Sappho's home on the island of Lesbos gave rise to the term ‘lesbian’ to describe same-sex relationships amongst women.
(Lesbos islanders sued to reclaim the word ‘lesbian’ for their own exclusive use in 2008. And lost.)
It's difficult to overstate Sappho's importance in the ancient world. Plato hailed her as ‘the tenth muse’ and the scholars of ancient Alexandria placed her amongst the Nine Lyric Poets they admired above all others.
The
All Varieties
series celebrates labels like 'lesbian' that help people express their individuality and define their place in the world.
