MICHAEL YOUNG, HIDDEN GLANCES

Out on the Range, January, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x 40”

Leather on Leather, February, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Captain, March, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Beach Crew, July, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

California Highway Patrol, May, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Stripes, a Tank, and a Towel, June, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Palm Leaves, July, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Crown of Bougainvillea, October, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Snow Shower, January, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Karate Chop, August, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Come Sit Next to Me, June, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Your Shirt Doesn't Keep Me Warm, October, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Leather Is Forever, November, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Statue, April, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Hard Day at Work, September, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Firefighter, November, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Poolside, May, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Cowboy Showers, June, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x 40”

Black Sand Beach, July, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

The Alps, December, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Three Guys, August, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

A Drink by the Pool, February, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

Reclining Cowboy, March, Archival Pigment Print, 16”x20” + 32”x40”

“Hidden Glances is a series of photographs made from vintage gay pornography calendars published when I was beginning to recognize my sexuality as a youth until I came out in 2000. Before then, I skirted mention of my sexuality by hiding behind my studies, feigning interest in girls, and making failed attempts to fit in with the rest of the boys.

Calendars chronicle and mark time. In this work, they represent the long period in my life when others assumed I was straight, or I was told that being gay was wrong. Ironically, the men in these calendars portray sexualized heterosexual archetypes that many in the gay community have appropriated. These ‘manly’ men that society was trying to train me to become ultimately became the men I longed to look at, galvanizing my true identity.” - Lens Culture

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