First publication of a rare archive featuring Arthur Tress's 1969 Central Park photographs, offering a unique historical perspective on queer life in New York
Medium format hardcover with dust jacket and silk-screened cover, ensuring premium quality and collectibility
Includes an essay by Art historian Jackson Davidow, providing context and scholarly analysis
Showcases the everyday choreography of cruising and the evolving landscape of Central Park
Silk-screened cover and dust jacket for enhanced durability and visual appeal
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In 1959, Arthur Tress began taking his camera with him on walks through the Ramble, an overgrown corner of Central Park that had become New York’s best-known outdoor meeting place for queer men. Designed as a picturesque woodland in the nineteenth century, by the late 1960s it had grown wild, a hidden, half-forgotten place of chance enco
