Charles Gatewood

Charles Gatewood

1942-11-08
73 (2016-04-28)

Charles Gatewood was a photographer, writer, videographer, artist and educator, who lived and worked in San Francisco, California. His work mapped, provocatively and disturbingly, the subcultures of strippers, sex-club devotees, bikers, body piercers and fetishists.

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Charles Gatewood was a photographer, writer, videographer, artist and educator, who lived and worked in San Francisco, California. His work mapped, provocatively and disturbingly, the subcultures of strippers, sex-club devotees, bikers, body piercers and fetishists.

Most Known for...

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Charles Gatewood's Weird San Francisco 1988

Charles Gatewood's SOV tour of underground subcultures in late 1980's San Francisco.
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Charles Gatewood's Body Shock 1990

Body modification sub-culture documentary from photographer Charles Gatewood, featuring music by Psychic TV.
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Charles Gatewood's Forbidden Photographs 1988

Photographer Charles Gatewood offers insight and comments on a variety of his work. His subjects include exhibitionism, transvestites, fetishism, scenes from Mardi Gras, and body modification such as tattoos, body piercing, and extreme weight gain.