Gallery review: Strikg work by Hal Fischer, examg vtage gay male street fashn, leads the group show “Photography and Language” at Cherry & Mart.
Contents:
- EVOLUTN OF GAY FASHN: STEREOTYP TO SELF-EXPRSN
- REVIEW: 1970S GAY STREET FASHNS AND OTHER VTAGE DISVERI ‘PHOTOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGE’
EVOLUTN OF GAY FASHN: STEREOTYP TO SELF-EXPRSN
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REVIEW: 1970S GAY STREET FASHNS AND OTHER VTAGE DISVERI ‘PHOTOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGE’
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