Tom Bianchi
| Tom Bianchi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 71–72) Oak Park, Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater |
University of New Mexico Northwestern University |
| Occupation | Photographer and writer |
| Website | tombianchi |
Tom Bianchi (born 1945 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American writer and photographer who specializes in male nude photography.
His 21 books of photographs, poems, and essays primarily cover the gay male experience.
In 1990, St. Martin's Press published Out of the Studio, Bianchi's book of male nudes, frankly gay and affectionally connected. Thereafter, 20 of Bianchi's books have been published, three documentary films about Bianchi's work have been distributed, and Bianchi's work has been published in more than thirty anthologies on the male nude. His On the Couch series, Deep Sex, Erotic Triggers and Fine Art Sex deal with the expression of conscious sexual energy. His most recent book, made with his partner, Ben Smales, is Fire Island Pines Polaroids 1975–1983. The book was honored by Time magazine's list of the Best Photo Books of 2013.
Bianchi was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago. He earned a law degree at Northwestern University and practiced corporate law for ten years. At thirty-four, he left his position as senior counsel at Columbia Pictures, tore up his law degree, pasted it into a painting and had his first one-man show with Betty Parsons and Carol Dreyfuss in New York. Shortly thereafter, he had his first major museum retrospective at the Spoleto Festival in 1984.
Bianchi studied political science at the University of New Mexico, and subsequently law at Northwestern University. He worked as a lawyer in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Bianchi resides in Palm Springs, California.
Bianchi, who is HIV positive, has been active in several projects devoted to the fight against AIDS. He is the co-founder of a biotechnology company and manages the funding for the development of new AIDS medication.
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