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Nubile Nostalgia: A Teenage Wasteland

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Steph Gorkii's "Nubile Nostalgia", a collection of photos, travel from neo-classical to gothic to innovative. The couple dozens of images included here are sample of the continent spanning map of muses Gorki pours his heart and developer into. He knows each one and it is shown in how he places his "boys" in the haunting landscapes and interiors. Phalluses on the brink of danger (a scythe pushes into one model), drugs brothered with sex (a fix being had shortly before or maybe after he's had his way), angelic gazes (love at first and every sight thereafter), and out-and-out worship fuel Gorkii's trigger finger. The spirit of these works are reminiscent of Thomas Eakins elegant photo studies and Francis Bacon's many tortured representations of his lover in their tranquility-coated ferocity. The range of pieces here carry from his life in Provincetown, MA. where Gorkii was a big fish in on a small cape, to Seattle, WA. in it's early nineties hey-day. His eyes are driven by his muses and his mind by his extensive knowledge of and passion for classical and modern art. Having had the opportunity on occasion to interview Gorki, I am always astounded by his fully-armed sensibilities. His talents stretch from his Johns/Rauschenburg-esque assemblages (of which tragically, none are included in this tome) to his horrifically erotic collages and smarmy self-published zines. "Nubile Nostalgia" contains his scientifically erotic memories of young men for whom his passion and compassion for, speaks volumes.

as a buyer, and one of the worst photos of me in circulatory existence.

I had a heart attack when I was sold this book at work, and still have a heart attack every time I remember that I was once an 18-year old kid with bleached blond hair holding a piece of glass...well...never mind that. It's in the book.

This is a great book. Steph. Gorkii's work exudes a powerfully raw, gothic eroticism....the photography is right up there. Thank you, Steph.