August 30, 2011
NOH8 Campaign Adds 200 Fashionable P'town Faces
Robert Doyle READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Provincetown, MA - The NOH8 (No Hate) Campaign held its first ever Provincetown open photo shoot at the Boatslip Resort on Monday, August 22nd. Over 200 individuals and 20 volunteers had their photo taken with the NOH8 temporary tattoo on their cheeks and duct tape on their mouths to add their faces to the international anti-discrimination media campaign.
The NOH8 (No Hate) Campaign, created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley, started as a photographic silent protest to the passage of Proposition 8 in California and has grown into an international campaign bringing awareness to marriage equality and anti-discrimination. Photos feature subjects with duct tape covering their mouths, symbolizing the silencing of their voices by anti-marriage equality legislation, and NOH8 painted on one cheek.
Since the campaigns inception in 2008, it has grown to over 10,000 faces in over 15,000 photographs, including many well known celebrities and political figures. The campaign has grown through the use of social media and boasts over 447,000 Facebook fans and 172,000 Twitter followers.
The NOH8 Campaign is a recognized 501(c)3 charity and all funds raised goes toward promoting and raising awareness for marriage equality and anti-discrimination through its interactive media campaign.
The photos taken in Provincetown will be edited and made available for free download at www.noh8campaign.com in approximately 8 weeks. Prints will also be available for purchase.
For more information on the NOH8 Campaign, visit www.noh8campaign.com or find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/noh8campaign.
Long-term New Yorkers, Mark and Robert have also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center, Mark is a PhD in American history and literature, as well as the author of the novels Wolfchild and My Hawaiian Penthouse. Robert is the producer of the documentary We Are All Children of God. Their work has appeared in numerous publications, as well as at : www.mrny.com.
