I've had this book for nearly 20 years and liked it a lot when I first got it from Amazon. I decided on a whim to give it another look last night.
I can well remember my awkward early teen years and this collection captures many of those moments beautifully {well, except for the somewhat off-putting Zombie-esque photos ;-}
Goicolea serves multiple roles herein as both photographer and as the model[s]. When this volume was published about 20 years ago, the then 30 thirty-year-old very boyish-looking artist "played" every part himself (except perhaps for two: a young 40-ish "mom" figure in one image and a 25 or so year old "big brother" in another - neither of whose faces one can see).
Yet his expertly manipulated images strike the viewer as totally "together" and un-retouched, as if he'd lucked into a set of octuplet adolescent male models!
With the occasional nod of his head toward the book LORD OF THE FLIES and a smirk and wink in the eye of so-called convention, Goicolea has given us a joyous and even provocative glimpse into middle and upper class 15 year old boyhood (think "all boys private school") of the not-so-distant past. Too, the FEW subtle hints of homoeroticism evoke even more interest from me because I realized in the early sixties at age 15 that I "liked" (in "that way") boys rather than girls ;-}
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Insightful, often whimsical yet sometimes frightening, views of middle and upper class teen boyhood
I've had this book for nearly 20 years and liked it a lot when I first got it from Amazon. I decided on a whim to give it another look last night.I can well remember my awkward early teen years and this collection captures many of those moments beautifully {well, except for the somewhat off-putting Zombie-esque photos ;-}Goicolea serves multiple roles herein as both photographer and as the model[s]. When this volume was published about 20 years ago, the then 30 thirty-year-old very boyish-looking artist "played" every part himself (except perhaps for two: a young 40-ish "mom" figure in one image and a 25 or so year old "big brother" in another - neither of whose faces one can see).Yet his expertly manipulated images strike the viewer as totally "together" and un-retouched, as if he'd lucked into a set of octuplet adolescent male models!With the occasional nod of his head toward the book LORD OF THE FLIES and a smirk and wink in the eye of so-called convention, Goicolea has given us a joyous and even provocative glimpse into middle and upper class 15 year old boyhood (think "all boys private school") of the not-so-distant past. Too, the FEW subtle hints of homoeroticism evoke even more interest from me because I realized in the early sixties at age 15 that I "liked" (in "that way") boys rather than girls ;-}
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Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020
I can well remember my awkward early teen years and this collection captures many of those moments beautifully {well, except for the somewhat off-putting Zombie-esque photos ;-}
Goicolea serves multiple roles herein as both photographer and as the model[s]. When this volume was published about 20 years ago, the then 30 thirty-year-old very boyish-looking artist "played" every part himself (except perhaps for two: a young 40-ish "mom" figure in one image and a 25 or so year old "big brother" in another - neither of whose faces one can see).
Yet his expertly manipulated images strike the viewer as totally "together" and un-retouched, as if he'd lucked into a set of octuplet adolescent male models!
With the occasional nod of his head toward the book LORD OF THE FLIES and a smirk and wink in the eye of so-called convention, Goicolea has given us a joyous and even provocative glimpse into middle and upper class 15 year old boyhood (think "all boys private school") of the not-so-distant past. Too, the FEW subtle hints of homoeroticism evoke even more interest from me because I realized in the early sixties at age 15 that I "liked" (in "that way") boys rather than girls ;-}
Insightful, often whimsical yet sometimes frightening, views of middle and upper class teen boyhood
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020
I've had this book for nearly 20 years and liked it a lot when I first got it from Amazon. I decided on a whim to give it another look last night.Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2020
I can well remember my awkward early teen years and this collection captures many of those moments beautifully {well, except for the somewhat off-putting Zombie-esque photos ;-}
Goicolea serves multiple roles herein as both photographer and as the model[s]. When this volume was published about 20 years ago, the then 30 thirty-year-old very boyish-looking artist "played" every part himself (except perhaps for two: a young 40-ish "mom" figure in one image and a 25 or so year old "big brother" in another - neither of whose faces one can see).
Yet his expertly manipulated images strike the viewer as totally "together" and un-retouched, as if he'd lucked into a set of octuplet adolescent male models!
With the occasional nod of his head toward the book LORD OF THE FLIES and a smirk and wink in the eye of so-called convention, Goicolea has given us a joyous and even provocative glimpse into middle and upper class 15 year old boyhood (think "all boys private school") of the not-so-distant past. Too, the FEW subtle hints of homoeroticism evoke even more interest from me because I realized in the early sixties at age 15 that I "liked" (in "that way") boys rather than girls ;-}
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