{"product_id":"franco-dupuy-cruising-diaries-9789083499352","title":"Franco Dupuy: Cruising Diaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA photobook-cum-diary portrait of queer pleasure at its most raw, secret and uncontainable\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between photobook, artist's book and diary, \u003ci\u003eCruising Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e explores the elusive visual language of cruising--a queer practice of anonymous sexual desire played out in public spaces, where bodies negotiate consent through gaze, gesture and instinct. Buenos Aires-born photographer and director Franco Dupuy miraculously captures what seems almost impossible to portray: fleeting encounters, unspoken codes and moments that vanish as quickly as they appear. Set in places that shift after dark--parks, train stations, beaches, saunas--the book documents a world that resists the camera, yet insists on being seen. He also presents artifacts from these sites--crumpled napkins, locker room keys, used shampoo packets--as evidence from a crime scene, each preserved in a small baggie and captioned with details about the item. In this way, \u003ci\u003eCruising Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e becomes both archive and fiction: a love letter to the thrill of the hidden, and the politics of queer pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranco Dupuy\u003c\/b\u003e is an Argentine director and photographer based in Mexico City. He is best known for his film credits including \u003ci\u003eLove, Stories, Three, Our Own Private Scene\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eLa isla desierta\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). His first book, \u003ci\u003eDebut y Despedida\u003c\/i\u003e (Paripé Books, 2023), explored rituals of love and loss. He also leads the online archive and digital restoration project for \u003ci\u003eMetrópolis\u003c\/i\u003e, a cult Argentine magazine from the 1980s which ran for only two years and 14 issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Set Margins' Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779403677970,"sku":"9789083499352","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_54f32efd-cf66-48c9-9bc8-62226c622822.jpg?v=1765369108","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/franco-dupuy-cruising-diaries-9789083499352","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}