You may recall that back in September, I forwarded an invitation to participate in a Kickstarter project to republish a large paperback full of the work of photographer Fred W. McDarrah, the first staff photographer and first picture editor of the Village Voice. I contributed to that effort, as perhaps some of you did, as well, and am delighted to report that I am now the proud owner of a handsome paperback that you, too, can purchase from OR Press.
Admittedly, it's a bit steep at $30, but in addition to many unique photos illuminating gay history, the book offers a foreword by Hilton Als and introductions by Allen Ginsberg and Jill Johnston.
When it was first issued in 1994, on the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, incidentally, the book bore the title Gay Pride: Photographs from Stonewall to Today. Now it is called Pride: Photographs after Stonewall, and celebrates most of the period we just discussed in Lillian Faderman's The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle.
I'd be happy to bring my copy of Pride to our next meeting in case some of you would like to check it out.
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Thanks for the love with the book!
Please do bring your copy with you next time. I'd like to check it out — and maybe write a check for it!
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