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I'd already been in the photography business for a number of years shooting covers for "regular" hetero romance covers when I had my epiphany (ten years ago now) to shoot gay book covers and make them as acceptable and mainstream as the others. It was a big risk and I was told by many people, especially people who advised me financially, that it might not be a profitable thing to do, and could quite possibly, ruin my reputation. But I was tired of seeing the proliferation of covers featuring a man and woman, the cologne and perfume ads featuring a man and a woman... every ad under the sun - only featuring a man and a woman, and knowing that only one side of life was being spoon fed to us by the media as the acceptable aspiration and ideal. In fact, it made me angry and crazy, and determined to do something about it. We were here... didn't anyone see us?!!
I had several things working against me. The m/m genre was a fledgling and coming into its own, but television and the entertainment industry were slowly allowing us into their vision as folks who existed right along with them, and I knew the flux and flow of our literature was going to eventually change. Will and Grace helped that. Brokeback Mountain helped that. So I had hope and crossed my fingers that I made a good choice as well as a conscientious one. Along with that, I had to find guys daring enough to pose with each other in photos mimicking the same love and adoration as was seen in every Harlequin cover since time immemorial.. They had to embrace and kiss and portray romance.. between two people of the same gender. So finding the guys was going to be a chore... and finding guys in the Bible belt of the country, the Midwest, was going to be even tougher. But I did.Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/dp/B00DUXS4Z2/r…
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If you enjoy my male erotic photography now you can help us to shoot more of it by supporting us at our Patreon! If all of my fans and friends only contribute $1 a month... less than the cost of a gas station coffee...we can book two or three shoots a month and give you the very best of what you want with the hottest guys!! Please help and smoochers!!’
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Thank you for all you do. As a straight woman who discovered gay romance novels in the past year, it is a genre I've come to adore. I actually find the so-called mainstream romance and romantic suspense novels rather boring now! As they say "love is love". Keep doing the beautiful work that you do