Charles Gatewood began shooting modern primitives, sadomasochists, tattooed men and women, nudists, radical sex pagans, bikers and other lifestyle outlaws four decades ago. Mainstream acceptance of alternative lifestyles has robbed many of his photos of the shock-value wallop they once packed, but Bill Macdonald's documentary portrait contains images — like the carousel of men suspended by dozens of hooks through their flesh — that won't be playing Peoria any time soon. The Texas-born photographer grew up in a tumultuous blue-collar household; his father, a serial womanizer, drank himself to death, and his mother heard voices. Gatewood left home as a teenag...
Released:
2003
Rated:
NR
Length:
90 mins