French Gay photographer Hervé Lassïnce visits Seattle for showcase at Galerie Orsay Paris-Seattle

French Gay photographer Hervé Lassïnce visited Seattle for the first time to kick off the second showcase of his work at Galerie Orsay Paris-Seattle on Capitol Hill. From Oct. 17 to Dec. 19, visitors can see Lassïnce’s photography, depicting the intimate lives of people from Tunisia, Benin, India, the US, and beyond.On Oct. 17, Lassïnce was at the gallery for a signing of his photography book Nous, published in December 2025 and featuring portraits, landscapes, and intimate scenes from his work from 2011 to 2024. “The book is about my close ones,” Lassïnce said. “Most of them are my lovers, my very close friends, and my family; my own brother appears a lot in the book. It’s like a family. There are a lot of Queer people in the book. I felt like these people are the minority, but in my book, all of a sudden, they become the majority.”Throughout the day, people from all walks of life entered the gallery, either because they had heard about the new exhibit or were passing through.

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