Poetically captured on a large, clunky film camera, Mark McKnight’s presentation of both queer bodies and the Southern Californian desert in his new book, Heaven is a Prison, is intimate and beautiful. An illustration of the artist’s desires, this series of photographs takes the viewer on a voyeuristic journey while using metaphor to compare physical sensation and spiritual transcendence. Ultimately, it speaks to a universal binding. The book has been released in collaboration with Loose Joints and also contains an essay by novelist Garth Greenwell. Read More