Tag: photography
When Chicago’s Belmont Rocks were a ‘gay paradise’
Any gay man of a ‘certain age’ who grew up in the Chicago area in the 1970’s & 1980’s would have most certainly spent some summer days at Belmont Rocks the city’s lakeside gay cruising area. On a large grassy expanse punctuated on one side by a series of tiered limestone blocks that separated the…
The work of East Village photographer of the 1970’s PETER HUJAR is recognized in a new Exhibit
There is a new Exhibit of the work of PETER HUJAR a quintessential East Village photographer in the 1970’s and 1980’s whose stark black and white images beautifully captured a shifting generation who would soon be almost decimated by the AIDS pandemic, which would kill him too. The show, Peter Hujar: Speed of Life, looks…
Mascara, Mirth & Mayhem
Susan Kravitz has been photographing Independence Day on Fire Island since the early 1980s’ and she sat down with queerguru to talk about her stunning her book Mascara, Mirth & Mayhem – Photography by Susan Kravitz prior to a Book Signing and Exhibition at Stonewall National Museum – Wilton Manors Gallery The interview was filmed by #HusseinWentz
The Boys of Bogotá bare their souls and ………
After 14 issues of his bi-monthly photography essays which each featured the men from different cities around the globe, ELSKA editor and photographer-in-chief Liam Campbell landed in Bogotá, Colombia. Known by many as the gayest city in South America, as usual Elska chose 15 just very regular guys to be photographed in their natural element and…
Aaron William’s stunning Ugly Faggots Project
In January last year New York photographer Aaron Williams started a new project motivated by the fact that the City had just reported over 7,121 hate crimes with a 30% increase of incidents after the election. His brilliant photo essay was inspired by a particularly brutal incident when late one evening while waiting for the 1 train,…
