Ed Hardy

13 Jul, 2012

Call for tattooed actors/models for video/photo shoot for upcoming Homo File Performance Project by Seth Eisen

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Call for tattooed actors/models for video/photo shoot for upcoming Homo File Performance Project by Seth Eisen Sunday, July 22nd  at Center For Sex and Culture 1349 Mission St between 9th & 10th Streets, on the corner of Grace Street, San Francisco, CA   Interested models please send photos and info on your body type and tattoos Time will be given with confirmation. (DO NOT JUST SHOW UP. THANKS -- SEE BELOW) WHO AND WHAT: We are looking for male or

24 Jul, 2012

Two amazing Homo File shoots last weekend

2016-04-07T01:17:56-07:00By |Categories: CounterPULSE, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

We had two amazing shoots last weekend for Homo File. The first was with tattoo artist  Zeph Fish who was inking our Sam Steward played by Ned Brauer. Sam was mentored by tattoo artist Amund Deitzel. Sam himself was mentor to tattoo artists Ed Hardy and Cliff Raven here in the Bay Area after he moved here in 1967--(the year I was born). On Saturday Ned had an amazing image of Mercury put on by Zeph Fish at her studio

13 Sep, 2012

Homo File articulates desire

2016-04-07T01:17:18-07:00By |Categories: Artists in Residence, CounterPULSE, Homepage Links, Seth Eisen|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

We are in the final stages in the Homo File production and very excited by our progress this week. Working with many types of media is very exciting especially where it is related to how Sam Steward documented and articulated his desire in a social arena that would have preferred to render him invisible. Ned Brauer as Sam StewardPhoto: Gary Ivanek One of Steward's documenting practices of queer sexuality in the 50s was with his Polaroid camera. The

4 Apr, 2014

Queer Tattoo History and my visit to Modern Electric

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Sam Steward's fascinating life as a shapeshifter linked many disparate worlds: literature, sexual research, academia and tattoo art.  For this iteration of Homo File I've taken a dive into researching Steward's life as a tattoo artist. In this world he went by the name Phil Sparrow. I recently read his fascinating and really well written book Bad Boys and Tough Tattoos: A Social History of the Tatoo with Gangs, Sailors and Street-Corner Punks 1950-1965. It's pretty pricey since it is a

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