Fire Island
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koitz : the beauty of Fire Island
What we really love about photographer koitz’s stunning portfolio of Fire Island is that he sees the natural beauty of the place as well as the beauty of all it’s queer summer residents. In July this year, the Community House of Cherry Grove mounted an exhibit of koitz’s work (he has an aversion to…
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Gay Life in the 1950s’ Cherry Grove on Fire Island
The New-York Historical Society is about to launch an exhibit of SAFE/HAVEN: GAY LIFE IN 1950s CHERRY GROVE. This OUTDOOR photographic Exhibit will give an intimate look at one of the first gay beach towns in the United States. It explores mid-20th-century gay life in Fire Island’s remote hamlet of Cherry Grove, located on…
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Queer Summers on Fire Island : captured by koitz
Queer Basque-American journalist and photographer koitz has published his first photography book titled ‘koitz Gay Fire Island”. The book chronicles his work over 14 summers in the two mostly LGBTQ+ communities of Fire Island: Cherry Grove and The Fire Island Pines, and it includes a Foreword by author Patrick Ryan and Introduction by curator Nicholas…
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Last Ferry : looking for love on Fire Island can be deadly
It can be pretty scary visiting an almost deserted Fire Island in the off season generally , but its not usually as murderous as shy young NY lawyer Joseph (Ramon O. Torres) found on his very first visit. He’s not long off the Ferry before he is drugged and robbed in the bushes near…
