“Cruising” has always been a part of gay culture; the word itself is a code, innocuous to outsiders, but representing an incognito hunt for sexual partners to those in the know. Over the years, men with particular desires found spaces—certain parks, public restrooms, and roadside wooded groves—out of sight and yet in plain view, where they could meet, and with the use of silent signals and cues, pair off for intimate encounters. It is these spots, nationwide, and the men making use of them, that Chad States photographs in "Cruising" dragging them into the light of the public eyes. The images are beautiful, hypnotic and suspended in a timeless space. 
Chad States earned a BA from Evergreen State College and an MFA from Tyler School of Art in 2007 
with an interesting thesis on the concept of masculinity (see 10.5.09). States was an Artist in Residence at Light Work in the summer of 2009 and received the Emerging Artist Fellowship for the Delaware Division of the arts in 2008. His work has been exhibited nationwide including New York, Seattle, Philadelphia, among others, and are part of permanent collections. States currently lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Published by powerHouse Books on November 2011, Cruising has a hardcover, 100 pages, 80 full color pictures, 12.25 x 9.75 size, $45.00 price. You can buy it at Amazon.
http://www.powerhousebooks.com/
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