The gay essay / Anthony Friedkin ; Julian Cox with Nayland Blake and Eileen Myles.

  • Friedkin, Anthony, 1949-
Date:
[2014]
  • Books

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Description

For more than forty years, American photographer Anthony Friedkin (b. 1949), creating full-frame black-and-white images, has documented people, cities and landscapes primarily in his home state of California. During the culturally tumultuous years of 1969 and 1970, Friedkin made a series of photographs that together offer an eloquent and expressive visual chronicle of the gay communities of Los Angeles and San Francisco at the time. This is the first book to explore the series, titled The Gay Essay, in depth within the broader historical context that gave rise to it. 1969 witnessed the Stonewall riots in New York City and was a turning point in the history of community building and organized political activism among homosexuals in the United States. The Gay Essay provides a singular, intimate record of this crucial moment. Friedkin's portraits, taken in streets, hotels, bars, and dancehalls, demonstrate a sensitivity and an understanding that has imbued the photographs with an enduring resonance. This handsome book features seventy-five full-page plates and is accompanied by engaging essays and a poem by Eileen Myles.

Publication/Creation

San Francisco : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ; New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2014]

Physical description

143 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 31 cm

Notes

Catalogue of an exhibition of photographs by American photographer Anthony Friedkin made between 1969 and 1973 held at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 14 June 2014-11 January 2015.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword / Colin B. Bailey -- Behind the veil: reflections on The gay essay / Julian Cox -- And I'm Carmen Miranda: what liberation looks like / Nayland Blake -- Gay as a / Eileen Myles -- Plates -- Catalogue of the exhibition -- Afterword / Anthony Friedkin.

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ISBN

  • 9780300206371
  • 0300206372