LOS ANGELES—Lifestyle, fashion and news magazine The Advocate is seeking photos of LGBT Americans for its first “A Day in Gay America” photo feature. Photographs must be taken Friday and illustrate gay Americans living their everyday lives.
According to the editors, any subject matter is acceptable, including images from work, play and quiet moments. The best photos, as selected by The Advocate’s staff, will be featured in a photo essay to be included in the magazine’s August 2010 issue as well as on Advocate.com.
“One of our most important mandates at The Advocate is to convey the wide diversity of LGBT people,” said Editor in Chief Jon Barrett. “When we do it well, we not only empower our readers, we also have the opportunity to educate people who might not ordinarily pick up our magazine. This project has the potential to reflect that diversity like never before—through reader-submitted snapshots from around the country, capturing the everyday and not-so-everyday activities from gay people everywhere.”
According to the guidelines, participants should snap self-portraits or take pictures of friends and family between 12 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. May 21. The images may show the subjects doing anything that says something about life as an LGBT American. From the glamorous to the gritty, from the insane to the mundane, all photographs are welcome and will be considered for the “A Day in Gay America” photo essay.
All photos should be emailed to The Advocate by Friday, May 28. In the e-mail, include an email address, first and last name of the photographer and the subjects, phone number, age, time and location of the photo, and a brief description of what’s happening in the photo. Images should measure 4-by-6 inches and be transmitted as 300-dpi JPEG files no larger than 10MB. TIFF, GIF and EPS files will not be accepted. By submitting photos, users agree to the terms and conditions detailed on the website.
More information about The Advocate’s “A Day in Gay America” may be found on a webpage devoted to the project.
