Queer Clicks: September 04 | At Jacob Riis Beach Park, Polaroids From One Last Summer Day in New York, Catching Up With Pietro Boselli, & Other News

Photo by Aaron Kurlander for W Magazine

At Jacob Riis Beach Park, Polaroids From One Last Summer Day in New York

“In 1975, a young corporate lawyer named Tom Bianchi started taking Polaroids of the life he witnessed in and around the Pines, the gay enclave in Fire Island. Forty years later, Bianchi is still taking pictures in the Pines, but he’s moved on to a more modern device, the iPhone—see his most recent images here. However, for a younger generation of photographers, the Polaroid retains its unique power. And so, on a recent Sunday, W digital visuals editor Aaron Kurlander trekked out to the very eastern end of Jacob Riis Park, New York’s most popular gay beach since at least the 1940s.” W Magazine

Catching Up With Pietro Boselli

“Farewell, Summer 2017. As we begrudgingly make way for the season of leaves crackling underfoot and shrill ghastly creatures slurping up pumpkin spice lattés, let us say goodbye to the sun by catching up with a man who certainly knows his way around a pair of Speedos: Math teacher/physique model Pietro Boselli smolders in these Instagram photos he obsessively updated all summer long. ” Queerty

A New Reality Competition Transports ‘Bros’ Back To Roman Times

“Out of the way, Love Island, there’s a new reality competition series heading to British television. ITV’s new show, Bromans, sends couples back in time to ancient Rome, to compete in a series of challenges, wearing nothing but loin cloths, sandals, and the occasional robe.” Instinct Magazine