{"product_id":"peter-berlin-icon-artist-photosexual","title":"Peter Berlin: Icon, Artist, Photosexual","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Berlin revolutionized the landscape of gay male eroticism in the tradition of Tom of Finland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Berlin was a self-created icon. With his trademark pageboy haircut and his skin-tight costumes that put every detail of his anatomy on display (designed and tailored by Berlin himself to accentuate his already naturally defined physique), he became a gay sex symbol and a walking work of art.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCruising was his career, and with a background in photography, Berlin began taking thousands of erotic self-portraits in the parks, train stations and streets of Berlin, Rome, Paris, New York and San Francisco, where he settled in the early 1970s. As Berlin put it, “One day I looked at a camera and said, ‘I have found my dream lover.’”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBerlin’s ’70s and ’80s self-portrait photography graced the covers of gay magazines, defining a look and a reimagined masculinity in a changing gay male culture. Spotlighting Berlin’s significant body of work, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Berlin: Icon, Artist, Photosexual\u003c\/i\u003epays tribute to the man who revolutionized the landscape of gay male eroticism and became an international sensation. The book is designed by Omar Sosa, Creative Director of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApartamento\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and is edited by Michael Bullock, writer and publisher of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBUTT, Pin-Up, Fantastic Man\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGentlewoman\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. In addition to essays by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jonathan David Katz, Ted Stansfield and Evan Moffitt, the book includes original quotes about Berlin by Jeremy O Harris, Kembra Pfahler, Andre Leon Talley, Armistead Maupin, John Waters, Arca, Silvia , AA Bronson, Jack Pierson, Simon Foxton, Chris Moukarbel, Telfar Clemens, Paul Sepuya, Tim Blanks, Mariah Garnett and Rick Castro.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArtist, model and filmmaker \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePeter Berlin\u003c\/b\u003e, nee Armin Hagen Freiherr von Hoyningen Huene (born 1942), created some of the most legendary erotic imagery of his day. What began as studies in self-portraiture and fashion design in the name of cruising, by the early 1970s had turned into a robust artistic practice that included the creation of two films―\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNights in Black Leather\u003c\/i\u003e(1973) and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat Boy\u003c\/i\u003e (1974)―and innumerable photographs, paintings and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54005327233317,"sku":"vlu1791581979710","price":30.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/9036\/3685\/files\/peter-berlin-icon-artist-photosexual_1.jpg?v=1791581984","url":"https:\/\/highlightbeam.shop\/products\/peter-berlin-icon-artist-photosexual","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}