Pinups Magazine

Infobox magazine
title = Pinups

image_size = 200 px
image_caption = Issue 1 featuring Elliott
editor = Christopher Schulz
category = Men's magazines
frequency = Seasonal
firstdate = April 2007
country = United States
website = [http://www.pinupsmag.com www.pinupsmag.com]

"Pinups" is a magazine, featuring hot men, through black and white photography. Stripping the magazine down to the centerfold, "Pinups" presents viewers with halftone lifesize images of nude men. The models are real men from the photographer, Christopher Schulz' life. Schulz has described the piece as more than simply a magazine, but as an experience. The viewer must explorethe piece, figure it out, dismantle it, piece it together, and pin it up.

History & Evolution

In 2007, Christopher Schulz created the first four issues of "Pinups" in New York. Through the issues, "Pinups" has evolved from a double centerfold of one model to incorporating multiple models and numerous images. It has explored stark backgrounds as well as those which can contribute to the photograph or model with a setting. Also, "Pinups" explores its own style, ranging from fun, joyous poses to dark, alluring shots.

4 September 2007 Joe Pop interviewed Christopher Schulz about "Pinups" and beards in "Pisszine". 6 May 2007 "Pinups" is mentioned in the New York Times in an article, "Gay Art: A Movement, or at Least a Moment" "I've noticed a huge number of little gay periodicals coming out and they're all focused toward the creative end of things," said AA Bronson, the artist and director of Printed Matter, citing publications like "Kaiserin", a French magazine "for boys with problems"; "Pinups", a coyly elaborate one-image publication by the Brooklyn artist Christopher Schulz."—AA Bronson. 1 April 2007 The first Moustache Ride party at Nowhere Bar, hosted by "Scum Bag Fag Mag", was the launch of the "Pinups" Issue 1.

Issues

The first issue features two larger than life photographs of one model against a stark background. The second issue features two lifesize photographs of one model against a stark bed background.The third issue features a lifesize photograph of one model on a rooftop in Manhattan and another lifesize photograph of a second model in the woods of upstate New York. The forth issue features a lifesize photograph of one model in a dark setting and numerous smaller images and spreads of the same model.

Explore each for yourself:

[http://www.pinupsmag.com/PinupsIssues1detail1.htm Issue 1: Featuring Elliott]

[http://www.pinupsmag.com/PinupsIssues2detail1.htm Issue 2: Featuring Jason]

[http://www.pinupsmag.com/PinupsIssues3detail1.htm Issue 3: Town & Country]

[http://www.pinupsmag.com/PinupsIssues4detail1.htm Issue 4: Featuring Nathan]

[http://www.pinupsmag.com/PinupsIssues5detail1.htm Issue 5: Featuring Alex and Ian]

External links

* [http://www.pinupsmag.com "Pinups"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/fashion/06gay.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all Gay Art: A Movement, or at Least a Moment, "New York Times"]