Tuesday, June 11, 2024

The Cock (Kiss)




You've seen it elsewhere and I've posted this picture before. Wolfgang Tillmans is the German photographer who took the 2002 image called The Cock (Kiss). Taken at a gay nightclub in London, it's an intimate, close-up image of two men kissing. Though it's 20 years old, the image's power continues to resonate: Following the 2016 mass shootings at Pulse nightclub, it made viral rounds on the internet. The Cock (Kiss) explores themes often found in Tillmans' photographs: youth, innocence, and joy. It's also the cover image for the novel by Douglas Stuart -- Young Mungo -- I'm wrapping up.


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wolfgang-tillmans-looks-without-fear-180980734/



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