New Intimacies
by Louis Chavez
portfolio shortlisted call 'URBANAUTICA INSTITUTE AWARDS 2022', 2022
Category: Anthropology and Territories
'New Intimacies' is a photographic study situated in environments known for gay cruising and public sex. The work in this project is centered around the relationships that take place in these settings as well as the social and cultural elements that have resulted in the formation of these sites as spaces of safe harbor and uninhibited behavior. It is here, at the convergence between public and private intimacy, that I am inspired to use photography to envision the intangible and ephemeral qualities of these geographic spaces. Through this research and production, I seek to create visual representations of cruising culture that examine the development of these fleeting terrains of desire and liberation.