In addition to photographing several of its parties, he has hosted several blowouts on his home turf in Denver.Īdditionally, his work has been featured in Butt magazine as well as a number of galleries coast-to-coast. Otterj has worked extensively with the queer party producer Honcho, whose underground queer sex-positive aesthetic fits well with Otterj’s vision. Shelter (II) (2007) When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friends brother. The men in his photographs are unabashed exhibitionists looking for a place to fit into a gay culture that has increasingly turned its back on a sexually aware world where leather and cruising are forms of liberation. As his name suggests, Otterj draws his greatest inspiration from the slender, hairy, bearded, and often tattooed gay male subculture known as otters - but not exclusively. Date of Birth 21 August 1961, Jamestown, New York, USA Birth Name Mitchell Ogren Anderson Trivia Is one of six children He graduated with a BA in Theatre from Williams College and also studied at The Julliard School in New York City. Otterj is a provocative American photographer whose work documents his day-to-day antics. The unidentified 17-year-old boy’s trousers were around his ankles when the footage showed him being beaten with an electric cable inside a private jail in So Paulo, according to the Brazilian.