Editor Liam Campbell First issue September 2014 Language English | Frequency Bi-monthly Country United Kingdom | |
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Categories Photography, LGBT culture, lifestyle | ||
Elska is a bi-monthly magazine, dedicated to male photography and culture. The magazine is based in the United Kingdom.
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History
Elska magazine was created by Liam Campbell, and its first edition was released in September, 2014. Its name means "love" in Icelandic.
Overview
Elska is published six times a year. It features photographs by established and emerging photographers. Each issue primarily features a different city, showing local boys, as well as locally related stories including many written by the boys themselves. It has been defined as an "intellectual queer pin-up mag and part sexy anthropology journal". One of the main ideas which separates Elska from other gay photography related publications is that it does not feature perfect models, but instead focuses on real people with their imperfections, presenting real life issues and stories. It is a multicultural magazine, with issues themed from Lviv, Reykjavík and Berlin in Europe, to Taipei, Mumbai and Istanbul. The message of Elska is one of body positivity, and was described by The Advocate as "probably the nicest, most sincere magazine to have ever been created". The magazine assumes the idea that it does not matter what shape, size, colour, or race a person has, he is beautiful.