Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterA stunning new solo show of work from New York based photographer Mariette Pathy Allen is currently on view at the Yeelen Gallery in Miami’s Little Haiti district. The Exhibition is titled TransCuba as it is a collection of some 30 vibrant images that Allen took of the transgender community in Cuba. Allen’s work … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterOne of Queerguru’s favorite documentaries of all time is Finding Vivian Maier (2013). It’s the story of how graduate student John Maloof unwittingly uncovered a photographic treasure trove of an unknown photographer who had produced some of the very best street images from the 1950’s to the late 1990’s. Vivian Maier had been a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterEight years ago as the country was hysterically happy with the popular Barack Obama’s groundbreaking victory in being elected the President of the U.S.A., the celebrations were marred in our community knowing that at the same time Prop 8 had been passed outlawing same-sex marriage in California. Whilst we gathered our thoughts before the (very … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPhotographer Rick Guest’s second series on the world on ballet focuses on the beautiful and brutal realm of that the dancers live and work in and is titled ‘What Lies Beneath’, an absolutely stunning exhibition on view at the Hospital Club Gallery in London until January 31st. ‘I wanted to make … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterAny gay man of a ‘certain age’ who grew up in the Chicago area in the 1970’s & 1980’s would have most certainly spent some summer days at Belmont Rocks the city’s lakeside gay cruising area. On a large grassy expanse punctuated on one side by a series of tiered limestone blocks that separated the … Continue reading