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10 Homages to Lost Friends in Doug Meyer’s 'Heroes: A Tribute'

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"A gorgeous feast for the eyes."

In Heroes: A Tribute Doug Meyer pays homage by way of portraiture to some of the first victims of AIDS and AIDS-related diseases — brilliant creative figures such as Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Rudolph Nureyev, Freddie Mercury, Rock Hudson, John Duka, Tina Chow, Klaus Nomi, Halston, and Angelo Donghia, whose contributions may be unknown to a younger generation. Printed in multiple papers with pops of neon color and painted edges echoing the artist’s work, Doug Meyer’s Heroes is a gorgeous feast for the eyes and soul that not only honors the creative geniuses who died too soon, but immortalizes their work for generations to come.

“I find it so sad and horrifying that these 50 Heroes seem to have fallen out of contemporary cultural memory,” says Meyer. “My intent for both the Heroes Project and this book is to expose a younger generation to these Heroes whose contributions, talent and even existence have been forgotten or perhaps nearly lost in today’s digital world.” 

The book is distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster and is also available on Amazon and through Tra Publishing’s website at www.trapublishing.com. Collector’s and Art editions of the book are also available from the publisher.

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