{"id":51553,"date":"2017-03-26T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T18:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tom-atwood-photographed-queer-heroes-for-15-years-and-the-results-are-absolutely-stunning\/"},"modified":"2017-03-26T14:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T18:25:29","slug":"tom-atwood-photographed-queer-heroes-for-15-years-and-the-results-are-absolutely-stunning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/tom-atwood-photographed-queer-heroes-for-15-years-and-the-results-are-absolutely-stunning\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Atwood photographed queer heroes for 15 years and the results are absolutely stunning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tom Atwood photographed queer heroes for 15 years and the results are absolutely stunning<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-670x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-670x441.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-105x68.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>Photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomatwood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Atwood\u2019s<\/a> second book is a feast for the eyes, propping up LGBTQ heroes who break the mold. Over the course of fifteen years, he documented these intriguing and eccentric personalities in their own homes for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomatwood.com\/kings-queens\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Kings &#038; Queens in Their Castles<\/em><\/a>.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>After perusing local bookstores for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> photography collections, Atwood realized the vast majority of options consisted of highly sexualized, body-worship-type photography. He knew there was a bigger, more diverse\u00a0queer story to tell through images.\n<\/p>\n<p>He filmed 350 subjects, 160 of whom made it into the book. That includes nearly 100 celebrities like\u00a0Meredith Baxter, Alan Cumming, Don Lemon, John Waters and George Takei.\n<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down for a taste of the gorgeous series (it was a real challenge to just choose 20), and head here for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomatwood.com\/payment\" target=\"_blank\">more info on where to find the book, published by Damiani<\/a>:\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>JOHN BERENDT, Author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The City of Falling Angels \u2014 New York, NY<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15195894_10154366614262912_7428034139172245089_o-670x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15195894_10154366614262912_7428034139172245089_o-670x450.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15195894_10154366614262912_7428034139172245089_o-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>DON LEMON, CNN anchor \u2014 New York, NY<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15196032_10154366613812912_5992948857348494026_o-670x453.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15196032_10154366613812912_5992948857348494026_o-670x453.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15196032_10154366613812912_5992948857348494026_o-400x270.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANTHONY BARRETO-NETO, Transgender deputy sheriff \u2014 Barton, VT<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15069098_10154366619832912_2041202823114245667_o-670x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15069098_10154366619832912_2041202823114245667_o-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15069098_10154366619832912_2041202823114245667_o-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEREDITH BAXTER, Actress from Family Ties, All the President\u2019s Men, Glee, Family \u2014 Santa Monica, CA<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15168861_10154366617492912_6144317848265652091_o-670x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15168861_10154366617492912_6144317848265652091_o-670x455.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15168861_10154366617492912_6144317848265652091_o-400x271.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>JIM MCGREEVEY, Former New Jersey Governor \u2014 Plainfield, NJ<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15122870_10154366609637912_9043207997284055675_o-476x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15122870_10154366609637912_9043207997284055675_o-476x670.jpg 476w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15122870_10154366609637912_9043207997284055675_o-400x563.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15122870_10154366609637912_9043207997284055675_o.jpg 1454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALAN CUMMING, Tony-winning actor from Hamlet, Macbeth, Cabaret \u2014 New York, NY<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15137587_10154366613617912_8202016485128608275_o-463x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15137587_10154366613617912_8202016485128608275_o-463x670.jpg 463w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15137587_10154366613617912_8202016485128608275_o-400x579.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15137587_10154366613617912_8202016485128608275_o.jpg 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>MOTHER FLAWLESS SABRINA, Female impersonator \u2014 New York, N<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123032_10154366598977912_1341011813184226058_o-670x447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123032_10154366598977912_1341011813184226058_o-670x447.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123032_10154366598977912_1341011813184226058_o-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>DON BACHARDY, Acclaimed artist and former partner of Christopher Isherwood \u2014 Santa Monica, CA<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-670x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-670x441.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15194347_10154366617417912_6683256502313240233_o-105x68.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span tabindex=\"0\" data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span>JULIE MEHRETU &#038; JESSICA RANKIN, Renowned artists \u2014 New York, NY<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15111095_10154366614517912_7782179273238778045_o-670x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15111095_10154366614517912_7782179273238778045_o-670x474.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15111095_10154366614517912_7782179273238778045_o-400x283.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>MICHAEL URIE, Actor from Ugly Betty, The Good Wife, Partners, Modern Family \u2014 New York, NY<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15167636_10154366614637912_517356250260578840_o-670x441.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15167636_10154366614637912_517356250260578840_o-670x441.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15167636_10154366614637912_517356250260578840_o-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15167636_10154366614637912_517356250260578840_o-105x68.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span tabindex=\"0\" data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span>ARI SHAPIRO, Co-host of NPR\u2019s All Things Considered \u2014 Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123143_10154366602787912_548217645745890760_o-670x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123143_10154366602787912_548217645745890760_o-670x458.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123143_10154366602787912_548217645745890760_o-400x274.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>RANDAL KLEISER, Director of Grease, Grandview U.S.A., Big Top Pee-wee, The Blue Lagoon \u2014 Los Angeles, CA<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123274_10154366607442912_8497373781667809125_o-670x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123274_10154366607442912_8497373781667809125_o-670x450.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15123274_10154366607442912_8497373781667809125_o-400x269.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>DOUG SPEARMAN, Actor from Charmed, Star Trek Voyager, Noah\u2019s Arc, Girlfriends \u2014 MARC ANTHONY SAMUEL (friend), Actor from Imperfect Sky, Avenged, Parenthood \u2014 Los Angeles, CA<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15069021_10154366605977912_1475106711619955236_o-670x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15069021_10154366605977912_1475106711619955236_o-670x464.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15069021_10154366605977912_1475106711619955236_o-400x277.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15069021_10154366605977912_1475106711619955236_o-385x267.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>DAVID LERNER, Dance essayist \u00a0\u2014 New York, NY<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15195939_10154366598902912_2071477624665072222_o-670x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15195939_10154366598902912_2071477624665072222_o-670x469.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15195939_10154366598902912_2071477624665072222_o-400x280.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>LYDIA BROWN, Georgetown student and disability activist \u2014 Washington, D.C.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15156939_10154366602797912_2298708386322047935_o-670x479.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15156939_10154366602797912_2298708386322047935_o-670x479.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15156939_10154366602797912_2298708386322047935_o-400x286.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>GEORGE TAKEI, Actor from Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Star Wars, Heroes \u2014 Los Angeles, CA<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15110906_10154366607562912_6357231041546633051_o-670x438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15110906_10154366607562912_6357231041546633051_o-670x438.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15110906_10154366607562912_6357231041546633051_o-400x262.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15110906_10154366607562912_6357231041546633051_o-105x68.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><span tabindex=\"0\" data-ft='{\"tn\":\"K\"}'><span>RIA PELL, Chef from Top Chef and winner of Chopped \u2014 KIKI CARR, Web developer \u2014 Atlanta, GA<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span> <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15129632_10154366603357912_2529130862377199718_o-670x483.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15129632_10154366603357912_2529130862377199718_o-670x483.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15129632_10154366603357912_2529130862377199718_o-400x288.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>LESLIE JORDAN, Actor from The Help, Sordid Lives, Will &#038; Grace, Boston Legal, Newhart \u2014 Los Angeles, CA<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15138358_10154366606132912_1720475477308297043_o-493x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15138358_10154366606132912_1720475477308297043_o-493x670.jpg 493w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15138358_10154366606132912_1720475477308297043_o-400x544.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15138358_10154366606132912_1720475477308297043_o.jpg 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>TED HAYKAL, Artist In his back yard fort \u2014Pikes Island, ME<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/14976672_10154366608127912_7684190741689749669_o-459x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/14976672_10154366608127912_7684190741689749669_o-459x670.jpg 459w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/14976672_10154366608127912_7684190741689749669_o-400x584.jpg 400w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/14976672_10154366608127912_7684190741689749669_o.jpg 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>BILLY PORTER, Tony-winning actor from Kinky Boots, Jesus Christ Superstar \u2014 New York, NY<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15168785_10154366613642912_8261468708026077875_o-670x448.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15168785_10154366613642912_8261468708026077875_o-670x448.jpg 670w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/2017\/03\/15168785_10154366613642912_8261468708026077875_o-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\"><\/p>\n<p>All photos: Tom Atwood via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/TomAtwoodPhoto\/photos\/?tab=album&#038;album_id=10151822830787912\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/queerty2?a=-E5MS8_SxYM:rD3wCKv81kY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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