Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Simmons_ P3Thums


Here are a few thumbs for my Harvey Milk stamps. The first set represents Milk’s early adult life and the second represents his political career and activism. In his early adult life, Milk wasn't really interested in politics and activism nor was he open about his homosexuality.  He lived in New York and had relationships with men but kept his romantic life separate from his family and work. I had trouble coming up with ways to represent this time in his life, but the ones I did create show him ‘in the closet.’ I chose to represent it in this way because several of Milk’s most famous quotes from his political career about gay activism reference the closet metaphor.



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