Beach / David Morgan ; story by Ernesto Mestre-Reed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, David (Photographer), photographer.

Contributor:

Mestre-Reed, Ernesto, writer of added text.

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay men--Portraits.

Gay men.

Portrait photography.

Gay erotic photography.

Genre:

Portraits.

Physical Description:

ix, 117 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, [2000]

Summary:

In the tradition of Robert Mapplethorpe and Tom Bianchi, "Beach celebrates both the male nude and the pleasures of friendship on a summer's day. David Morgan's remarkable photographs of the male figure have been appearing in New York City for over a decade-on posters and party invitations, prints and greeting cards, as well as in various magazines. Now Morgan has brought his camera to the beach and focussed it on young men at play, gamboling among the elements, enjoying the sun, sand and sea, while embodying Whitman's "dear love of comrades" with a panache that would have delighted old Walt. These pictures have a sunny sexuality and a sly humor, while exuding a simple joy at being alive and on the beach on a perfect summer day. The companion story by Ernesto Mestre-Reed captures in remarkable language the lyricism and physical joy that irradiate Morgan's photographs, making "Beach a contrapuntal celebration of the magic circle of male camaraderie.

Notes:

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

ISBN:

0312265581

9780312265588

031228389X

9780312283896

OCLC:

44075991

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