Gay Pride/ Orgullo Gay: La Historia - Tapa dura

Lavish photographs highlight this visual history of Gay Pride celebrations, with images that include more than 1,000 famous actors, singers, writers, dancers, and artists from around the world, each of whom has taken part in this human rights movement. These images of celebration and battle in cities such as New York, Paris, Johannesburg, and Bangkok serve as both an historic record of the struggle for gay and lesbian liberation and an artistic reminder of the beauty in diversity.

Oliviero Toscani is a photographer and an art director whose work has appeared in such publications as Elle, Esquire, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Paris-Match, and Vogue. His awards include the Golden Lion award at the Cannes advertising festival, the UNESCO Grand Prix, and the Grand Prix de l'Affichage. He reinvented Benetton's image with ads on social issues including the death penalty, AIDS, racism, and homophobia; created and directed the multilingual magazine, Colors; and founded Sterpaia, a research center for modern communication.