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# Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983

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desertcart.com: Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983: 9788862082709: Tom Bianchi: Books

Review: A BEAUTIFUL AND REMARKABLE BOOK! - As a long time aficionado of Fire Island Pines, I found Mr. Bianchi's book to be as magical and dreamy as the community itself. The photos are wonderfully evocative of a lost era. The special nostalgic feeling of those Polaroid SX70 images brought back a torrent of bittersweet memories of a place and time that has been nearly lost to history. But it is mainly the memories of so many beautiful friends who are now gone.... friends who introduced me to the Pines in 1979, and who guided me on my initial journeys to this mystical isle. And some of these friends are actually mentioned in his extraordinary text. And it is this text that accompanies the photos that I found most remarkable... and most moving. In fact I was moved to tears several times by the beauty of his prose, and the memories that were stirred up by it. He has found a way to bring back to me, in a profound way, one of the most life-altering periods of my life. And for that I am truly grateful. If you are a lover of this scrumptious sandbar that is two hours from New York City and a million miles from reality... or if you have interest in knowing something of it's history, get this book. I personally will treasure it forever.
Review: Really takes me back.... - I absolutely LOVE this book!!! Having come out in the late '70's, I barely experienced the cusp of the great gay heydays of that time before Aids came along and ruined the party. I never travelled to Fire Island, as I was too young. I did, however, have great friends in the small town of Macon, Ga. who became mentors to me, and who were well connected with guys who would come and visit from P'town and Fire Island. They would bring me 12 inch records and regale me with tales of their days in the sand and nights on the floors of the discos dancing to the pulsating beats. This book makes me feel almost as if I was actually there, in those days in the sun before the clouds rolled in. Bianchi has such a great eye, and this book really captures a time and place from a bygone era that sadly was stopped dead in its tracks all those summers ago. I sat and read the book and gazed at its pages yesterday afternoon while the afternoon sun streamed through the windows of our home in the mountains, and felt transported back to a place I'll never really know firsthand....still, this book is the next best thing. Cannot recommend highly enough this treasure trove of gorgeous photos of beautiful men living their lives freely and openly, and celebrating what it means to alive. Long live the dead....

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,872,198 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #438 in Nude Photography #513 in Lifestyle Photography #5,535 in Photograpy Equipment & Techniques |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (169) |
| Dimensions  | 8.8 x 1 x 10.3 inches |
| Edition  | Second Printing |
| ISBN-10  | 8862082703 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-8862082709 |
| Item Weight  | 2.88 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 212 pages |
| Publication date  | May 31, 2013 |
| Publisher  | Damiani |

## Images

![Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61d87vPmfbL.jpg)
![Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71VSZpoQicL.jpg)
![Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61jm-2eXb0L.jpg)
![Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983 - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/615zR2F6MrL.jpg)
![Tom Bianchi: Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975-1983 - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Yf946trEL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A BEAUTIFUL AND REMARKABLE BOOK!
*by J***S on June 25, 2013*

As a long time aficionado of Fire Island Pines, I found Mr. Bianchi's book to be as magical and dreamy as the community itself. The photos are wonderfully evocative of a lost era. The special nostalgic feeling of those Polaroid SX70 images brought back a torrent of bittersweet memories of a place and time that has been nearly lost to history. But it is mainly the memories of so many beautiful friends who are now gone.... friends who introduced me to the Pines in 1979, and who guided me on my initial journeys to this mystical isle. And some of these friends are actually mentioned in his extraordinary text. And it is this text that accompanies the photos that I found most remarkable... and most moving. In fact I was moved to tears several times by the beauty of his prose, and the memories that were stirred up by it. He has found a way to bring back to me, in a profound way, one of the most life-altering periods of my life. And for that I am truly grateful. If you are a lover of this scrumptious sandbar that is two hours from New York City and a million miles from reality... or if you have interest in knowing something of it's history, get this book. I personally will treasure it forever.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really takes me back....
*by W***A on July 23, 2017*

I absolutely LOVE this book!!! Having come out in the late '70's, I barely experienced the cusp of the great gay heydays of that time before Aids came along and ruined the party. I never travelled to Fire Island, as I was too young. I did, however, have great friends in the small town of Macon, Ga. who became mentors to me, and who were well connected with guys who would come and visit from P'town and Fire Island. They would bring me 12 inch records and regale me with tales of their days in the sand and nights on the floors of the discos dancing to the pulsating beats. This book makes me feel almost as if I was actually there, in those days in the sun before the clouds rolled in. Bianchi has such a great eye, and this book really captures a time and place from a bygone era that sadly was stopped dead in its tracks all those summers ago. I sat and read the book and gazed at its pages yesterday afternoon while the afternoon sun streamed through the windows of our home in the mountains, and felt transported back to a place I'll never really know firsthand....still, this book is the next best thing. Cannot recommend highly enough this treasure trove of gorgeous photos of beautiful men living their lives freely and openly, and celebrating what it means to alive. Long live the dead....

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Memories and more
*by R***S on June 17, 2013*

I bought this book for a couple of reasons. One being the fact that I was on Fire Island during that time and I may have been in the photos. Two, my partner at the time, was there and I might see him in one or more of the photos. I lost him in '94 to AIDS. Lastly, I just really love the quality of the polaroid photos of that time. There's a softness and color to the images like no other photo technique. I was not disappointed. Tom captured a time and place that will never exist again. So with all of that said, I highly recommend this book for anyone that can appreciate the beauty of the men and artistry of Tom's work.

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