koitz at the Community House in Cherry Grove

Fire Island News

In this firsthand review, Fire Island News reflects on koitz's exhibition It's Good to Be Us: Photographs of Gay Fire Island, presented at the historic Cherry Grove Community House and Theatre. The reviewer describes the impact of seeing Koitz's photographs at exhibition scale, praising their masterful use of light, color, and composition. Particular attention is given to works such as From the Ashes and Invasion 2020, which combine visual beauty with layers of cultural and historical meaning.

Emerging from the ashes in the burnt section of the Meat Rack | koitz photographykoitz photographs a figure emerging from the ashes in the burnt section of the Meat Rack on Fire Island, documenting the landscape, LGBTQ+ culture, freedom, and changing visual history of this iconic queer space between Cherry Grove and Fire Island Pines.

The review also celebrates koitz's photography book Gay Fire Island, describing it as a beautifully produced volume whose rich printing and design do full justice to the images. Concluding that koitz is "a master technician," the article recognizes both the exhibition and the book as remarkable achievements in contemporary LGBTQ+ photography.

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