A classic collection expressing the new fin-de-siecle millennial gay sensibility. The central theme of Steph. Gorkii's photography is the young nubile male nude, reflecting the nostalgia and angst of fleeting youth -- an American theme, as old as the country itself. Today this feeling has a new and urgent poignancy where the promises of science have fallen short of the high hopes of previous generations and where indeed, youth may in fact be simply a fleeting and often final moment of a being's existence. This book is his ...
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A classic collection expressing the new fin-de-siecle millennial gay sensibility. The central theme of Steph. Gorkii's photography is the young nubile male nude, reflecting the nostalgia and angst of fleeting youth -- an American theme, as old as the country itself. Today this feeling has a new and urgent poignancy where the promises of science have fallen short of the high hopes of previous generations and where indeed, youth may in fact be simply a fleeting and often final moment of a being's existence. This book is his first published collection.
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