Safe sex, Chicago, IL
- Title:
- Safe sex, Chicago, IL
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Inequality and legacies of discrimination
- Creator:
- Weil, Brian
- Creation Date:
- 1987 (negative)
1989 (print)
- ID Number:
- 2012.019.001 a
- File Name:
- 2012.019.001 a.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- gelatin silver prints
- Subject:
- AIDS (Disease)
AIDS (Disease) and art
AIDS and homophobia - Measurement:
- 35.6 × 27.9 (Sheet) (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Grainy, high contrast image of two people standing indoors, facing one another with space between them. On the right is a young, nude, light skinned man with a partial erection. He is posing sensually with his weight on his right leg, one hand on his chest and the other on his thigh, his head resting on his shoulder. The shadows of his arm are in crisp contrast to the bright highlight of the wall behind him. At the left of the frame is another light skinned man, in profile. His face and torso are in deep shadow, but his legs are bare, and he's holding a lit cigarette in front of his chest. The men are perhaps in a living room, a table lamp and the edge of a mantel are visible, and they are in front of a bright window or door.
- Notes:
- Edition 5/8
- Cite As:
- Brian Weil (American, 1954–1996) Safe Sex, Chicago Illinois, from AIDS series, 1989. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 35.6 × 27.9 cm. Gift of Bernard Yenelouis, MFA 2012, 2012.019.001 a.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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