Mythos Series
“Mythos” series by LGBTQ photo artist
“We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.”
― Joseph Campbell, Power of Myth
Myth plays a significant role in individual and societal world understanding and planetary mental integrity. We grow up with myths and we learn from myths. In early age, we develop our world based on myths. Carl Jung summarized this as “Myths are original revelations of the preconscious psyche, involuntary statements about unconscious psychic happenings, and anything but allegories of physical processes”.
Therefore, myth is important for any social group and any age. But somewhere along the lines we lost Queer Myth. Yes, as LGBTQ photo artist, Dmitriy believes that direct expression of political issues is extremely important in art and social studies. But it doesn’t mean we have to give up on myths and queer myths especially. After all, allegories have always been a big part of the creative process. And gay photographer doesn’t propose to shift 180 degrees to the world of dreams, but rather understand that political and humanitarian messages should be delivered in various means. And myth is a powerful approach to deliver the message. This is why Dmitriy started Queer Mythology Renascence. LGBTQ photo artist believes that using the universal language of the Myth, it is much easier to reach and open the minds and hearts of a much wider audience with a unique and powerful way to deliver the message.
Although many of the images created by Boston based gay photo artist are banned by Instagram and some other social platforms as “containing nudity”, Dmitriy believes that it is just the latest Instagram anti-LGBTQ campaign we all have to fight against together. Gay photographer never thought that “Obscure Dream Liberation” will be a beginning of “Instagram nightmare” series. The gay photographer’s Instagram account is “shadow blocked” at the moment and appears to be privet for non-subscribers. Please fight for LGBTQ rights and freedom of expression by following on Instagram accounts like Dmitriy’s. He not alone! You can check the article from the link below.
You can check the article by clicking the link: https://www.advocate.com/business/instagram-shadowbanning-lgbtq-content . Please support your favarite gay photographer and LGBTQ photo artist community by expressing your oppinion to Instagram and other anti-gay social networks. Your oppinion hopefully can make the difference!
Mata Hari
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer Dmitriy was fascinated by exotic dancer Mata Hari (Margaretta Gertruida MacLeod) and her tragic fate since early age. Declassification of MI5 documents in 2001 and French government papers in 2017 reveal that her execution in 1917 was just to use her as scapegoat. And the story of disappearance of her head around 1954 was even crazier story. In a memory of Mata Hari.
Napoleon’s Dream
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer New war brought a lot of historical and mystical themes as an inspiration to this photo.
Desdemona
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This composite photograph is a new interpretation of “Othello”, setting classic play free from gender and racial stigma.
Romeo and Juliet
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer Boston based artist’s modern gay take on William Shakespeare’s play. This is yet another photo which doesn’t contain any nudity and banned by Instagram’s AI. You can still find censored version there. The artist believes the ban came rather in violation of LGBTQ+ rights as in the artist’s opinion Instagram and other sites peruse on everyday basis. The other much more provocative and really nude non-LGBTQ photos are OK on Instagram! Welcome to hate-free site where you can enjoy LGBTQ art without censorship!
Prometheus
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This is a modern gender-bending take on the legend of Prometheus set in industrial alien-ship looking environment.
Ophelia
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This photo is Boston based photographer’s modern gay take on William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”.
Saint George
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer Boston based gay artist re-told the origin of forgotten Saint George’s story with a modern twist. Original legend (which has nothing to do with real Roman solder George) Saint George fought the dragon to save the princess. Lately, everyone tried to forget the princess portraying the saint saving the humanity (not the princess) form the beast.
Hamlet
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This photo is Boston based artist’s modern gay take on William Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”.
Macbeth
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This photo is gay photographer’s modern take on William Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”. The inspitation came after seeing Broadway production of “Macbeth” with Daniel Craig. In that show every artist played a few roles barely changing the costumes. I just came to the idea to utilize roles of general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth for one gender-neutral actor.
Tango
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This image is a result of working with two young talented models during my visit to New York City. Although their images were taken separately and they never met each other, I felt very mysterious connection between them. I was able to express my feelings with some digital manipulation.
Salome (collaboration with Yoahn Han)
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer YoAhn Han yupo cutout The artists created a modern version of the biblical legend.
The Secret
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Hotel “Desire”
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Selene’s Call
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This image of deep contemplation is a modern interpretation of ancient Greek myth about Endymion and Selene. I found it intercorrelated with the modern condition of LGBTQ+ international community in the light of the hostility of international politics towards it. The photo of my model is taken in Bangkok while the surroundings are from deep forest of Thailand.
The Spiral
Dmitriy Gushchin photographer This is a composite portrait of my friend in a spiral of thoughts about the gender. My photo on the background is adding to the mood. The last few years LGBTQ+ community was hit hard by politics around the globe. The most shocking part of this unfortunate process is a silence of the general public. This double portrait is about spiral of the evolution of political gender tolerance, is it going up or down?
Memories of Narcissus
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Rose Thorn and Puppy
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The Ghost
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Dream of Luna Moth
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Ganymede
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The Legend of Ching Shih / Zheng Yi Sao
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