John Arsenlt's self-portras, ma over three s, tell the story of his experienc as a gay man and also ment upon society at large.
Contents:
- INTERVIEW WH SELF PORTRA AND 365 PHOTOGRAPHER – ANNA GAY
- EXPRS YOURSELF: A MAJOR NEW SHOWSE OF GAY PORTRAURE
- GAY AMERI: THIRTY YEARS OF SELF-PORTRAS BY JOHN ARSENLT
INTERVIEW WH SELF PORTRA AND 365 PHOTOGRAPHER – ANNA GAY
LaQuann Dawson Discs Erotic Self-Portras and New Black, Gay Art Anthology * gay self portrait *
The imag are often ma rponse to and nversatn wh historil artworks and referenc such as the vanas motif, relig patgs, and inic gay artists who shaped my unrstandg of queer self-reprentatn, like Pedro Lemebel, David Wojnarowicz, and Robert Mapplethorpe.
EXPRS YOURSELF: A MAJOR NEW SHOWSE OF GAY PORTRAURE
I first me across the photography of Anna Gay on her Flickr Acunt when dog some rearch for a post on self portra. * gay self portrait *
Fortunately, alternative events to the official gay Pri are now available: ralli, march, and parti that rever the urgency, ant, and cril spir that our social polics need and serve. Vcent Keh of MASCULAR Stud and Oliver Zke of Photomolekuel are pleased to announce the lnch of A Portra Isolatn, a project explorg emotnal and physil space the end of March 2020, as the COVID-19 global panmic grew spe and impact, gay men around the world were asked to subm self portras that reflected their experience of the ronavis lock-down.
The ia behd the llectn was to show that gay men are affected by the crisis a siar way to everyone else but more so.
Livg liv which are often agmented between nventnal work ndns and their private liv leav many gay men whout the tradnal support mechanisms of heterosexuals and this shows through the separated by geography, culture and age, the men the imag all share fears for the future, lonels, job secury, and separatn.
GAY AMERI: THIRTY YEARS OF SELF-PORTRAS BY JOHN ARSENLT
For the first time a major mm exhibn foc on gay and lbian portraure. The Natnal Portra Gallery's expensive, expansive new show exam how morn art was fluenced by GLBT paters, photographers and prtmakers. * gay self portrait *
MASCULAR is a London-based stud tablished by Vcent Keh that explor elements of gay and male inty through photography.
Chartg his personal volvement New York’s gay scene, Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs monstrated a pellg perspective on the unrground queer culture of the 1970s and 1980s.