“I broke another pipe. Its varnish like bronze, the glass of its body. The spirals of smoke like endless streams of thought. I broke it. I broke one more pipe, in two pieces. No tears, no frowns. It’s gone to the garbage, just as if I never smoked…
The light in Jacopo’s room was gorgeous. There was no bed, but only a mattress laying under the window with no curtain or what so ever to block the flight flooding in. A wooden small table stood next to the mattress. I saw a glass…
We met each other in the good old fashioned way, on a dating app. I saw that I had this message sitting unread for a day or so and when I clicked to see who it was I was immediately captured by how cute and…
When I was 18, I met the girl of my life. Her name was Sophie, a beautiful blonde girl. I used to call her Fofie. She was crazy. I met her at school, she was in the same class of my cousin and I spent all…
I. one of these nights If relationships are like novels, then, I believe, one-nightstands are poetry. And lately I am more in a poetic state of mind. There is a certain element of repetition ingrained in the make-up of life because of the circles of…
It all began with my coming out to my mother. I did that pretty early at just 11 years old. What I’m actually really grateful for, because I know that it can be a very stressful experience for other people. When I confessed to my…
‘Boy disposable’ is a photo project about the disposability of online dating and hook-ups. A word of the photographer who only works with disposable cameras and takes maximum 5 pictures of the guy he meets: “Before we date we talk about our preferences. Our age…
I only had 2 relationships. The first one lasted for 5 years and the last one lasted for 15 years. After 20 years, I am single again now. It’s a new territory for me, to exist alone. It’s like a drug addict who finds himself…
When I moved to Brussels I immediately fell in love with the city and its open-minded culture. It is clearly the city that I feel most welcome in, even more than in my own country.For a young gay boy coming from Central Europe I was…
T.O.M.: First, a short introduction of yourself? Oliraptor: Hey, my name is Oliver Sarley but I’m known also as Oliraptor. I follow dudes in the grass, capture exhibitionism and explore different areas with models and lovers. I’m from London but grew up in the suburbs of…