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GAY PHOTOGRAPHER GEE DANIELL’S WORK WILL (FALLY) BE ON DISPLAY AT A NEW MIAMI BEACH MM

Immediately after the Stonewall rts, 1969, photographer Anthony Friedk began documentg LGBT life his groundbreakg Gay Essay, now on exhib at the Young Mm. In the s sce, photographers have ntued to explore and expand the meang of queer inty. Works by the 12 artists this album illumate them om those turbulent years. * gay photographer miami *

He was an openly gay photographer who took photos for well-known magaz like Time, Life and Esquire — and whose work has been featured the Smhsonian, MoMA, the Chigo Instute of Art and elsewhere — but some of the most homoerotic work of Gee Daniell has never been seen by the public. In addn to his photos of massive celebri (Audrey Hepburn, Sophia Loren, Lena Horne and Geia O’Keefe among them), his more personal work featur some credibly homoerotic and sensual shots that will be showsed at the openg of this new Miami Beach LGBTQ mm.

QUEER PHOTOGRAPHER’S IMAG OF JEWISH RETIRE, DRAG QUEENS 1970S MIAMI LIVE ON NEW DOC"THE LAST RORT" OPENS DECEMBER 21. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY LAWRENCE FERBERDECEMBER 21, 2018/2:25 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:816PX;WIDTH:1559PX;}KOLORBER/YOUTUBEBY LAWRENCE FERBERDECEMBER 21, 2018 / 2:25 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"QUEER PHOTOGRAPHER’S IMAG OF JEWISH RETIRE, DRAG QUEENS 1970S MIAMI LIVE ON NEW DOC","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-12-21T19:25:38.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-12-21T19:25:38.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LAWRENCE FERBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DURG THE 1970S, MIAMI’S SOUTH BEACH WAS LERALLY ONE OF THE HOTTT PLAC TO BE FOR JEWISH RETIRE AND HOLOT SURVIVORS. BASKG THE SUN AND PARTYG UP ALONGSI A BURGEONG DRAG QUEEN SCENE, THIS UNIQUE, SHORT-LIVED 1970S ERA MUNY WAS DOCUMENTED BY A PAIR OF LOL PHOTOGRAPHERS—ANDY SWEET AND GARY MONROE—WHOSE WORK IS THE SUBJECT OF OUT FILMMAKER KAREEM TABSCH’S DOCUMENTARY, THE LAST {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CO-DIRECTED WH DENNIS SCHOLL, THE LAST RORT BRGS TO LIGHT SWEET’S SECRETIVE SEXUALY, THE MYSTER CIRCUMSTANC UNR WHICH HE DIED 1982, AND THE RECENT EFFORTS TO RTORE A TALOG OF SWEET’S WORK PREVLY THOUGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A WELL-KNOWN FIXTURE WH MIAMI’S CEPHILE SET—HE -FOUND WYNWOOD DISTRICT ARTHOE MOVIE THEATER, O CEMA—TABSCH’S PREV SHORT FILM, DOLPH LOVER, WENT VIRAL (ANDY COHEN FEATURED AS MAZEL OF THE DAY). TABSCH SPOKE WH NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT THE SHORT-LIVED, VIBRANT WORLD PTURED SWEET’S WORK AND THE CHALLENGG OF BRGG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW DID YOU FIRST LEARN ABOUT THIS PAIR OF PHOTOGRAPHERS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I FIRST ME ACROSS ANDY’S WORK THROUGH AN ARTICLE THE WASHGTON POST. IT MT HAVE BEEN THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. THEN THE MIAMI NEW TIM, OUR ALT WEEKLY, DID A MORE PTH STORY ON THE PHOTOS ANDY AND HIS LLABORATOR GARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FILM IS ABOUT THIS LLABORATN BETWEEN A STRAIGHT AND GAY PHOTOGRAPHER, JT AS YOU LLABORATED WH A STRAIGHT -DIRECTOR. IRONIC OR APPROPRIATE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH, THE LLABORATN BETWEEN DENNIS AND I THAT UP. IN SOME CHOIC, MY GAY VOICE BE OBV. I WAS REALLY ADAMANT ABOUT CLUDG THE DRAG QUEENS ANDY HAD BEEN DOCUMENTG, AND THE SPECULATN AROUND HIS SEXUALY WAS IMPORTANT TO ME BEE ANSWERS QUTNS ABOUT WHY HE WAS WHDRAWN AND HAD A PRIVATE LIFE AWAY OM WHAT PEOPLE KNEW. BUT DENNIS AND I ARE PRETTY DIFFERENT FOLKS, NOT JT THE GAY THG, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BT THGS. WE DON’T SEE EYE TO EYE BUT WE MEET THE MIDDLE AND THAT MAK A STRONGER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU TRY TO TRACK DOWN ANY OF THE 1970S DRAG QUEENS HE PHOTOGRAPHED FOR TERVIEWS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y AND NO. I ASKED A FEW PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE BEEN AROUND THEN, BUT VERY FEW REMA SOUTH FLORIDA. A LOT OF THE 70’S AND EARLY 80’S QUEERS LEFT MIAMI, AND A LOT OF THE OLR QUEENS, THEIR NTEMPORARI, HAVE PASSED ON. BUT THE NCEPT OF THE SIMULTANEO GAY NIGHTLIFE GOG ON AT THE SAME TIME AS ELRLY JEWS OF NY OF MIAMI BEACH IS SOMETHG I HOPE TO EXPLORE A FUTURE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WAS THERE ANY SPECIFIC ARCHIVAL MATERIAL THAT YOU WANTED TO CLU BUT ULDN’T FD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YEAH. WE DON’T HAVE ANY REAL VIO OF ANDY. THAT’S HARD, BEE HE’S SO PRENT THE FILM THROUGH HIS ART AND PHOTOS, BUT THERE’S NO VIO OF HIM. WE HOPED TO FD A TV TERVIEW OR SOMETHG, BUT NEVER DID. I WISH WE’D BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIM GALLIVANTG A LTLE B TO SHARE THE JOY THAT HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SPECIFICS OF ANDY’S ATH, WHICH WAS VLENT, ARE STILL A MYSTERY. HAS ANYONE E OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO FILL THE BLANKS SCE MAKG THE FILM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT HASN’T RULTED MORE TTIMONY. FOR A VERY LONG TIME, HIS FAY WAS LEADG THE CHARGE TRYG TO GET AN ANSWER, BUT CRIME FUELED 1980S MIAMI, AND NOTHG WAS VERY BLACK AND WHE. IN MAKG THIS FILM, WE CID DIDN’T MAKE SENSE NARRATIVELY TO DIG EP TO A NVOLUTED PROCS OF FOLLOWG THE SE. WE PRENTED THE BASIC FACTS AND THEORI, AND THE ANSWERS YOU STILL HEAR OM THE CLOST VOLVED. WAS A DG AL GONE BAD? WAS A HTLER? WE DON’T KNOW. AT A POT THE FAY CID THAT EVERY NEW THEORY OR POSSIBILY JT OPENED UP OLD WOUNDS, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY DON’T CHANGE THAT ANDY IS NO LONGER WH , AND OUR GOAL FOR THE FILM IS THAT THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE APPRECIATED AS WORKS OF ART, AND WE DISPEL THEORI THAT SOUTH BEACH WAS DILAPIDATED AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW THAT A TROVE OF ANDY’S WORK HAS BEEN FOUND, HOW MUCH IS STILL BEG RTORED AND PUT ONLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS MORE. WE THK THERE ARE PROBABLY 2,000 IMAG, AND 500-600 HAVE BEEN RTORED. A BOOK JT ME OUT, SHTETL IN THE SUN: ANDY SWEET’S SOUTH BEACH 1977-1980, OM A SMALL PRS BASED MIAMI. OUR POSTER IMAGE IS ALSO THE VER OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I UNRSTAND THAT O CEMA HAD TO LEAVE S WYNWOOD DISTRICT LOTN DUE TO REAL TATE VELOPMENT, BUT YOU RECEIVED A $1.5 LN PLEDGE BY THE KNIGHT FOUNDATN TO BUY AND RENOVATE A PERMANENT HOME. WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PLAN FOR THE NEW ONE IS BUILDG A MULTI-SCREEN FACILY—MORE SPACE AND SCREENS TO DIVERSIFY OUR PROGRAMMG. WE’LL WORK WH PARTNERS TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNI FOR FILMS TO BE MA LOLLY, TO SEE CEMA THROUGH AS MUCH A SOCIAL LENS AND REALLY ENHANCE NOT JT FILM VIEWG BUT FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Gee Daniell, a gay man who worked for Time, Life and Esquire, ptured imag of many celebri as well as some betiful, naked men. * gay photographer miami *

“The new Gee Daniell Mm will be of great tert to both the LGBTQ and the mastream muni, to see the both the glamour and gr of yteryear, wh a strong dose of homoeroticism, ” says Helmut Schter, Director of the Gee Daniell Mm.

Ana Bryant speakg at the podium durg a Gay Rights bate, 1977. Man holdg sign that reads "Gays History" while walkg Miami's first Gay Rights Para, 1978.

Visors saw memorabilia om some of Miami's olst gay bars, photographs of ralli and march, archival material om Ana Bryant's "Save Our Children" mpaign, historil footage, and origal vio terviews om the people volved creatg Miami's LGBTQ muni.

THE OBSSIVE PHOTOGRAPHER BEHD AMERI’S FIRST GAY MAGAZE

There's nothg like a good gay photo. You n hardly turn around a gallery whout bumpg to a photo that was eher snapped by a queer person or one for a subject: om Calyn Jenner's portra by Annie Leibovz to the provotive works of Robert Mapplethorpe to the geni of Andy Warhol, Cathere Opie, and Pierre and Gill. Maybe there's somethg queer about the photograph, the transformatn om a subject to an object a flash. Or maybe all our years of takg selfi for Grdr prepared for the job. In any se, what mak the gay photo gay is the look levels at the viewer: We are ed to beg seen, but now we n look back. * gay photographer miami *

Three participants ridg a r Miami's first Gay Rights Para, 1978. Two women holdg each other while walkg Miami's first Gay Rights Para, 1978. Serichai TraipoomAfter fleeg the dangeroly homophobic ndns of her native Uganda and gag asylum the U.

” Coover has watched ics evolve om Marvel's first openly gay character, Northstar (who me out an “X-Men” ic 2012), to a vast crease LGBTQ visibily and alternativ wh the medium, which she believ is “fluenced by young queer people across the spectm.

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“As a gay, Asian male, I feel unrreprented, and sometim unseen, today’s art and media landspe, ” he said. It is not entirely happenstance that the foundg figure of the morn gay movement, Harvey Milk, was a photographer and the owner of a mera store. At my current age of 55, I still remember the embarrassg stg of a film store’s refal to procs pictur of my 23rd (very gay) birthday party bee the prter emed the imag “cent.

Anthony Friedk’s photographs -- pecially his Gay Essay (1969-1973), now on exhib at the Young Mm a show timed for the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall rts -- assume exactly such a sympathetic stance.

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