When film historians speak of the first screenings of Louis Lumière’s “The Arrival of a Train,” they describe the Paris audience flinching in their seats to avoid being struck by the image of a ...

The late James Bidgood’s candy-colored cult classic 'Pink Narcissus' (1971) is back in full splendor, with help from John Waters. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer John Waters declared it “as ...

Known mostly for his underground gay art film Pink Narcissus, artist James Bidgood died while hospitalized on January 31. He was 88. As a child, Bidgood already showed a creative spark, and enjoyed ...

Best known for his cult film, Pink Narcissus, Bidgood’s 1960s photographs of men as mythological figures are equally alluring.

In 1963—the year of Scorpio Rising, Flaming Creatures, and Warhol’s first films—physique photographer James Bidgood began working on an ambitious homoerotic film fantasy he called Pink Narcissus.

I vividly remember the first time I saw James Bidgood’s underground film Pink Narcissus (1971): I was 15 and still in the closet. Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, ...

Signed; Signed: "Thank You, James Bidgood" on bottom verso in pen. Numbered: 1/25, on bottom verso. ACRIA sticker on bottom verso. James Bidgood, Bed I, 1970. Chromogenic print, 10 x 8 inches, 25.4 x ...