Leonardo Herrera says: “The concept of ‘era’ is crucial to my work, which is deeply rooted in the politics and sexuality of the 60s counterculture, 70s gay liberation and early 90s fashion industry. As a first generation Mexican immigrant and openly gay male, globalization, magical realism and camp are recurring themes in my pieces.

“I am deeply moved by our emotional investment in the effects of timj oin the photographic process, how the yellowing of a print can be a trigger for nostaliga, curiousity of scientific detachment. I work extensively to process images and select palettes that recreat the muted rainbows of memory, borrowing elements of graphic design, cinema and fashion photography to create works that are both timeless, yet inescapably modern.”

More of Leonardo Herrera’s spunky faux-porn posters after the jump.

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