For their latest edition ELSKA the queer photography zine goes Down South

For the latest issue of ELSKA the entertaining queer photographic zine, its chief photographer and editor-in-chief Liam Campbell headed South to Georgia’s capital city. He told Queerguru that he had chosen Atlanta in part as it has been dominating the news over the past couple of years.

Campbell wanted this issue to take advantage of Atlanta’s raised profile and to shine its own queer light on a city that is often called the Gay Black Capital of America. He added “I recognize that many people see Elska as a project about promoting diversity and I wanted to find a place where Black gay bodies and voices could be a majority, not a minority. That was Atlanta.”

‘Elska Atlanta’ is divided into eleven chapters, each dedicated to a different local guy. These chapters include a selection of photographs of the men shot by Campbell in a spirit of honesty and spontaneity, taken while hanging out with the guys at home and walking around their neighborhoods. Some of the image highlights in this issue include a guy fighting to share the spotlight with his cat, another man rolling around naked in the grass of his back garden, the capturing of a surprise marriage proposal and the subsequent champagne pop.

Each of the chapters also includes a personal story written by each participant. As might be expected for these times, politics and social justice are not excluded from discussion, among other topics.

‘Elska Atlanta’ is 19 is available from a select group of shops around the world as well as for order online from the Elska website. Also available is a companion zine called ‘Elska Ekstra Atlanta’, containing four more Atlanta men and their stories for whom there weren’t enough pages in the main mag, plus behind-the-scenes tales and bonus outtakes.

The list of stockists and details of the subscription service can also be found on the Elska website:
www.elskamagazine.com