Old article I found...

I found this article, from last year. I have to say, Tate was one of the cool people I interviewed and enjoyed writing about. It was really bad that the article had to be super short, because I could have developed so much more about his work.

When I heard about him and how famous his book was, I was so worried about interviewing him or how I could do this without sounding stupid. But he was awesome, he is so nice and was willing to explain everything on the book. The funny part was when I had to take a picture of him for the article! How do you photograph a photographer?! But again, was a great interview.
I bought the book right after interviewing him. The book was very smart and fun to read in my opinion. It's a great book for a foreigner like me that is embarassed to ask what a "pearl necklace" means and can still get a tasteful explanation.

Here it is:

For times when people wonder what expressions such as “pop that cherry” or “pearl necklace” mean, photographer and IU graduate student Jordan Tate created a dictionary to clarify – in a fun and creative way – the literal and sexual meanings of phrases like these and many more.
“The Contemporary Dictionary of Sexual Euphemisms,” published on January of 2007 illustrates in its pictures the literal meaning of the expressions while its definitions contain the two different explanations and the origin of the euphemism.
Tate, a M.D.A. candidate at IU’s Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts, explained that with such dictionary he wanted to address the insecurity and homophobia of the male sexuality.
“But my major goal was to address an audience that wouldn’t read or explore the work I was doing previously,” he said.
The book was sold in countries such as Canada, England, Germany and France and some of its pictures can be found in the February issue of Playboy magazine.
Tate’s book can be purchased at Amazon.com or at the friends of art bookstore at the SoFA gallery.

'Sta luego!