GAY FIRE ISLAND

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• KOZ GAY FIRE ISLAND
• "GAY FIRE ISLAND"

KOZ GAY FIRE ISLAND

“And Fire Island is a fantastic place to brg fay and iends, gay or straight. Fire Island P—one of a number of small, beachy hamlets reached by ferry off the south shore of Long Island—has long been a summer getaway for the gay muny.

” The prt is by Koz, a known photographer on the island and thor of Gay Fire Island. Currently nng as an exhib at the Universy of Southern California, "Fire Island: Out In The Sun, " on view om April 24 - 28, is a look at morn day life the beloved gay Huffgton Post chatted wh Koz about his work and what he is tryg to acplish wh "Fire Island: Out In The Sun.

When I started photographg gay Fire Island, my ia was not to document an amic sense. It was a strange world, even for me as a gay man.

"GAY FIRE ISLAND"

I wanted to pture the moments for people -– gay or not -- who, like me, had never seen anythg like them off, pturg gay life a normal light is very important to me. Myself, I have very personal and long-standg relatnships wh both gay muni on Fire Island -- Cherry Grove and the P -- and I have, of urse, wnsed many chang each place throughout the years. No, I am not meang this any “heterophobic” sense at all -- for one thg, is amazg and gratifyg how well gays and open-md straights exist the Grove and the P today -- but even then is hard not to remember that heterosexuals have the rt of the world available to them and seems only fair that we gay people should have a ltle b of space -- both physil and psychologil -- for ourselv.