Back in the 70s, Kohei Yoshiyuki used to hang out late-night in Tokyo parks to watch and photograph illegitimate couples—many of them gay—make out in the dark. Now, for the first time ever in the US and after 27 years of gathering dust in the now-commercial photographer's collection, you can see these grainy, voyeuristic photos at the Yossi Milo Gallery in NYC.
What was most interesting about it was the number of people who, instead of joining in the sexual acts themselves, were actually just milling around watching. There'd be, for example, a photo of two guys kissing by a wall, and then two more guys peering into their faces, and another two guys a few feet away, just staring. It's a subculture from the past that I didn't know anything about until I saw these pictures.
Exhibit's on until October 20th.
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