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Contents:
- INSI THE WORLD OF PETER BERL, GROUNDBREAKG PHOTOGRAPHER AND GAY IN
- QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
- GAY BERL
INSI THE WORLD OF PETER BERL, GROUNDBREAKG PHOTOGRAPHER AND GAY IN
A new book chronicl the life and work of the groundbreakg photographer and gay in Peter Berl. * gay berlin photographer *
Almost 50 years after his unpromisg films and darg self-portras ma him a fg gay sex symbol of the ’70s, Peter Berl n’t que fathom why anyone would still be terted his work. He’s an trovert known for his exhibnism; a gifted photographer whose only subject is himself; a porn star who don’t much re for sex; and a man who rpond to the artific that so many gay men nstcted to hi their te selv by creatg an even more exaggerated sexual and stylistic persona. ”Copyright of Peter work, llected for the first time hardver format Peter Berl: In, Artist, Photosexual (Damiani), pil highlights om the thoands of erotic self-portras that Berl has taken over the urse of his life, many of which origally appeared on the vers of gay magaz and ma him an ternatnal cult in.
” To the artist Jack Pierson, Berl is “the first gay nceptual artist. Copyright of Peter films were a h and ma him the gay sex symbol of the time. And the ubiquy of digal platforms has ma photographg onelf a fact of life: On rtls nights, many a young gay man this si of Pete Buttigieg has unwtgly paid homage to Berl wh an iPhone, an ASOS jockstrap, and a bathroom mirror.
An ever-growg army of so-lled #Instagays now take Berl’s place the gay imagatn. Copyright of Peter, if RuPl matas that every man, gay or straight, should drs up drag to appreciate the powers of femy, Berl might argue that every man should fashn himself as an unrepentant object of rnal sire, at least once a while. The activy has particularly ronated wh gay men and is now pervasive.
QUEER & GAY BERL: YOUR GUI FOR LGBTQ+ BERL
* gay berlin photographer *
And almost fifty years before the technologi ma this monplace at the dawn of the crimalizatn of homosexual imagery, one termed man arrived there before all others. When Nights Black Leather was released, was embraced by an ternatnal dience of gay men sperately needg a role mol to help them shed stiflg patriarchal standards of mascule reprentatn; and for Peter Berl, the act of makg the film was jt as much of a gui as was for his dience, helpg him to sharpen his own unpromised libido impuls. It leveraged the lol celebry Berl had veloped San Francis by creatg a highly specific, credibly nfint hyper-homo persona, which he’d been performg and refg on the cy streets for years.
Through advertisements gay publitns, ctomers purchased photographs of Berl for their own private pleasure. As an out gay man, such tools were only available to his unterparts who had agreed to rema closeted for the purpose of beg cultural ins.
As the first photosexual, Peter Berl gave a world starved of blatantly gay visual role mols a new nceptn of the betiful, empowered, self-lovg, sensual, shamels gay man. Now that technology has allowed the mastream to tch up wh his project, thoands of gay men on Instagram are workg toward achievg what Berl already acplished the ’70s g only analog tools—his mera and the postal service.
GAY BERL
The kda guy who mak every woman and gay get out their “Call Me Maybe” rd and every man buy a shload of unnecsary bety products and enroll at the gym aga. As gay people, I thk we feel extremely sensive ourselv and we all have our stggl that are dividual to our personal experienc.
Disver prent-day Berl as one of the most open and tolerant ci the world – the gay, lbian and queer scene is flourishg the German pal. Startg wh the first gay fetish parti at Bergha, many Berl clubs and bars now celebrate queer, loud & proud, such as SchwuZ, Berl's largt LGBTQ+ club.
Every summer the Pri Weeks are celebrated wh the Lbian-Gay Cy Ftival, CSD on the Spree and many other events.