Kings in Their Castles: Photographs of Queer Men at Home

by Tom Atwood, Charles Kaiser (Foreword)

Kings in Their Castles, a collective portrait of the gay urban community in America, offers a personal view of some of our leading artists, writers, filmmakers, composers, musicians, and designers. Among the celebrities Atwood photographs in their playful, revealing homes are Edward Albee, Todd Oldham, John Waters, Ross Bleckner, Joel Schumacher, Junior Vasquez, Michael Cunningham, Simon Doonan, Andrew Solomon, Ned Rorem, James Dale, David Del Tredici, Tommy Tune, John Ashbery, Edmund White, and John Bartlett. Atwood also documents the bohemians, beatniks, mavericks, and iconoclasts, an urban community that is slowly disappearing. Capturing whimsical, intimate moments of daily life and portraying the complexity and diversity of this loosely linked society, Atwood reveals some of the most intriguing characters and homes in gay America. These beautiful fine art prints—shifting between the pictorial and the theatrical—become both a witness and a celebration. Photographer of Year, Worldwide Photo Gala Awards

Genres: Queer, Photography

92 pages, Hardcover

First published September 6, 2005

Reviews

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adore this book of portaits.

[Larry-bob Roberts]

Would like to see the photo of artist/Stonewall vet Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt cleaning his bathtub.