Thompson and Brown by George Dureau, Queer Art 1980s Conceptual Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights

Documenting the 1960s Civil Rights Movement from the east coast to the Deep South

A figure holds a pink umbrella and is in sharp contrast to the sunlight appearing in between buildings on her path

This is a gelatin silver press print

Yeshiva Boy

shot in natural lighting

Thompson and Brown by George Dureau, Queer Art 1980s Conceptual Documenting the 1960s Civil RightsA black and white photograph, Thompson and Brown, c. 1980 by George Dureau is a 20" x 16" gelatin silver print, signed and titled recto (front of photo) below the image. Often compared to Robert Mapplethorpe's nudes, Dureau's classical photographs of homoerotic nudes predate Mapplethorpe's studies of black male models. In fact, Mapplethorpe collected Dureau's photography and Robert Mapplethorpe found much inspiration in it for his own work.