Thompson and Brown by George Dureau, Queer Art 1980s Conceptual the precipitous cliffs

the precipitous cliffs

The Black in White America series contributed to Freed's becoming one of the well-known social-documentary photographers in the USA during the latter half of the 20th Century

shot in natural lighting

A city hydrant spraying water offers the children relief from the sun’s heat

A vibrant color panorama from a series on night photography by the Roberta Fineberg

Thompson and Brown by George Dureau, Queer Art 1980s Conceptual the precipitous cliffsA black and white photograph, Thompson and Brown, c. 1980 by George Dureau is a 20" x 16" gelatin silver print, signed and titled recto (front of photo) below the image. Often compared to Robert Mapplethorpe's nudes, Dureau's classical photographs of homoerotic nudes predate Mapplethorpe's studies of black male models. In fact, Mapplethorpe collected Dureau's photography and Robert Mapplethorpe found much inspiration in it for his own work.