Baltrop, Alvin J., 1948-2004, photographer.

The piers / Alvin Baltrop ; edited by James Reid & Tom Watt ; foreword by Glenn O'Brien.

First edition.

[Madrid, Spain] : TF Editores, [2015]
©2015

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 31 cm

"Powerful, lyrical and controversial, Alvin Baltrop's photographs are a groundbreaking exploration of clandestine gay culture in New York in the 1970s and 80s. During that era, the derelict warehouses beneath Manhattan's West Side piers became a lawless, forgotten part of the city that played host to gay cruising, drug smuggling, prostitution and suicides. Baltrop documented this scene, unflinchingly and obsessively capturing everything from fleeting naked figures in mangled architectural environments to scenes of explicit sex and police raids on the piers. His work is little known and underpublished--mainly due to its unflinching subject matter--but while often explicit, his photographs are on a par with those of Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar and Enrique Metenides. While the outside world saw New York as the glamorous playground of Studio 54, Warhol's gang and the disco era, Baltrop photographed the city's gritty flipside; his work is an important part of both gay culture and the history of New York itself. This clothbound volume compiles the Piers series in one definitive monograph, a powerful tribute to a long-forgotten world at the city's dilapidated margins."--Publisher's website.

8415931239 (hardbound)
9788415931232 (hardbound)

Baltrop, Alvin J., 1948-2004.
Gay men New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Public sex New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Cruising (Sexual behavior) New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Piers New York (State) New York Pictorial works.
Gay erotic photography.
Portrait photography.
Nude in art.
Gay men in art.
Photography, Artistic.
Jetées New York (État) New York Ouvrages illustrés.
Homosexuels masculins New York (État) New York 20e siècle Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie érotique homosexuelle.
Nu.
Homosexuels masculins dans l'art.
Portraits (Photographie)
Photographie artistique.
Drague (Sexualité) New York (État) New York Ouvrages illustrés.
nudes (representations)
art photography.
Gay men
Piers
Casual sex
Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture)
Homoeroticism
Public sex
West Side (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs 20th century Pictorial works.
New York (State) New York

Pictorial works
Photobooks.
Livres de photographies.

Reid, James (Editor), editor.
Watt, Tom, editor.
O'Brien, Glenn, writer of foreword.

Location: Library main m 306174
Call No.: BIB 251882
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 306305
Call No.: BIB 251882
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available