SCOTT PASFIELD is a New York-based portrait photographer. His work has appeared in numerous publications, from BlackBook to Fortune, Poz to Gotham. His clients include the Independent Film Channel, Time Inc., and the American Red Cross. With a background in architecture, Pasfield's portraiture utilizes the interplay between space and subject to reveal new dimensions within each. Combining a practiced eye and a relaxed attitude with a determination to develop meaningful projects, Pasfield is intent on making a difference through art. Gay in America will travel as an exhibition, where Pasfield, who has taught photography seminars and workshops, will also speak to communities across the country about a work that defines and contextualizes contemporary gay culture."
Gay In America by Scott Pasfield Chosen for the 2012 Rainbow
Projects List (American Library Association). The Rainbow Project
is a joint project of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered
Round Table and the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the
American Library Association. The Rainbow Project presents an
annual bibliography of quality books with significant and authentic
GLBTQ content, which are recommended for people from birth through
eighteen years of age. More: http:
//glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/953
"Gay In Americacaptures our diversity, our joys, and our loves and
the
undeniable contribution we make to American culture."
- Dan Savage, author and editor of It Gets Better
"Sprawling, moving, and lively, Scott Pasfield's Gay in America
shows what being a gay male looks, sounds, and feels like in
today's USA. An inspiring cross section."
- Michael Musto, Village Voice
"Gay in America is a validating explosion of raging positivity.
Wish I'd had it when I came out."
- Simon Doonan, author of Eccentric Glamour
Scott Pasfield s captivating new book, Gay in America, featur[es]
images of 140 men from each of the 50 states shot against the
backgrounds of their homes: a modernist living room in Manhattan, a
nighttime beach in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, the battered backdoor of an
apartment in Baltimore...a remarkable range of race, class, and
age.
- Out Magazine
"The stereotype of gay men is that they all live in urban
environments and prance around in designer clothing saying 'fierce'
and giving straight women makeovers. We all know that in reality
gay men are much more diverse and mundane. Here is a real picture
of what today's gay world is like."
- Brian Moylan, Gawker.com
His stirring portraits and interviews of out and proud gay men
living in all fifty states are intended to help young homosexuals
seeking acceptance and understanding from others as well as from
themselves With his offering, which encourages all who spend time
with it, gay or straight, to be true to themselves, one senses that
he is finally home.
Julie Eakin, Foreword Reviews
(Gay In America was the July-August cover. Goes to all US
libraries, indie book stores)
"For people living in communities where there are no comfortably
out GLBT people, this is essential. Pasfield s photographs are
poignant, telling and beautiful. Without even reading the words the
person has written, you can see their story on their face and in
their eyes. Pasfield has drawn out the personality of each man in
this book, and young adults will respond to these people as simply
people. The stories they tell will make teens laugh, cry and most
importantly relate. As Pasfield states in his introductory words,
'I want young people to have it as a constant resource as they move
forward in their lives ' This is one of the most important gay
books a library can offer teens."
- Lynn Evarts, Voice of Youth Advocates
The book features beautifully striking portraits of men,
accompanied by their stories, which range from humorous to tragic
providing clear evidence that homosexuality and masculinity are not
incompatible a fascinating look at the impact of location on the
gay experience The book is not a refutation of the traditional gay
stereotypes that are still present about the gay male community.
Rather, it is a testament to the idea that there is no clear gay
America.
Adam Polaski, The Good Men Project
Like the flag that flies over them, this tapestry of gay male
testosterone is a field of stars, uniformly similar yet
snowflake-unique in its genetic stitching each star framed by the
bold, ordered stripes of Pasfield s vision glowingly, marvelously,
fearfully individual. Visually, the book glows presented with
deceptive simplicity, identified by first names only, and their
city and state This seemingly rudimentary cataloging of subjects
takes on a startling profundity:
they are every man. And they are everywhere.
Steven Foster, OutSmart Magazine, Houston, TX"
""Gay In America" captures our diversity, our joys, and our
loves--and the
undeniable contribution we make to American culture."
- Dan Savage, author and editor of "It Gets Better
"
"Sprawling, moving, and lively, Scott Pasfield's "Gay in America"
shows what being a gay male looks, sounds, and feels like in
today's USA. An inspiring cross section."
- Michael Musto, "Village Voice
""Gay in America is a validating explosion of raging positivity.
Wish I'd had it when I came out."
- Simon Doonan, author of "Eccentric Glamour
""Scott Pasfield's captivating new book, Gay in America, featur[es]
images of 140 men from each of the 50 states shot against the
backgrounds of their homes: a modernist living room in Manhattan, a
nighttime beach in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, the battered backdoor of an
apartment in Baltimore...a remarkable range of race, class, and
age."
- "Out "Magazine
"The stereotype of gay men is that they all live in urban
environments a
"Sprawling, moving, and lively, Scott Pasfield's "Gay in America"
shows what being a gay male looks, sounds, and feels like in
today's USA. An inspiring cross section."
- Michael Musto, "Village Voice
""Gay in America is a validating explosion of raging positivity.
Wish I'd had it when I came out."
- Simon Doonan, author of "Eccentric Glamour
""Scott Pasfield's captivating new book, Gay in America, featur[es]
images of 140 men from each of the 50 states shot against the
backgrounds of their homes: a modernist living room in Manhattan, a
nighttime beach in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, the battered backdoor of an
apartment in Baltimore...a remarkable range of race, class, and
age."
- "Out "Magazine
"The stereotype of gay men is that they all live in urban
environments and prance around in designer clothing saying 'fierce'
and giving straight women makeovers. We all know that in reality
gay men are much more diverse and mundane. Here is a real picture
of what toda
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