This photographic subjects for this article were hand-picked by Liam Campbell from the first six years of the magazine project, Elska, to celebrate the magazine’s anniversary this month.Liam generously agreed to share them exclusively with GayCities along with a bit of behind the scenes commentary on some standout moments.Year One: Sasha K from Lviv (Ukraine)When I started my Elska Magazine project, it was just an experiment, so I chose for its first location a city that was simply one that I had a personal interest in.
Some of my ancestors come from here, back when it was part of Poland and known as ‘Lwów’, so I was always curious to walk the streets that they once did.