Robert Andy Coombs: Fire Island Pines

Robert Andy Coombs: Fire Island Pines was a solo photographic exhibition presented on June 25, 2022 as part of the BOFFO Residency Fire Island in Fire Island Pines, New York. The show featured new photographs and Polaroids made during Coombs’s residency, reflecting his experiences in the iconic queer landscape of The Pines, negotiating community, access, and queer visual history through intimate, tactile imagery.

A man with a wheelchair, tattoos, and wearing no shirt, sitting in front of a wooden wall with photos, smiling, with a large photo of himself swimming behind him.

Two men in a wooden room, one sitting in a motorized wheelchair with medical devices attached, the other standing beside him. The seated man is shirtless, wearing pink striped shorts, and has tattoos. The standing man is wearing shorts and a button-u

Four people viewing photographs and images mounted on wooden walls inside a small gallery room.

A man in black shirt and shorts looking at framed photographs on a wooden wall, with one photograph upside down showing a woman swimming underwater.

Photo of a wooden wall with two rows of six printed photos, showcasing various scenes including nature, people at a beach, pool, and social gatherings.

Wood-paneled wall decorated with multiple small, colorful-framed photographs arranged in rows, with a small wooden shelf holding a camera or projector, and an electrical outlet visible at the lower right.

Polaroid photos on a wooden wall, including images of people, nature, and a swimming pool.

View from inside a wooden room looking out to a group of people gathering by a swimming pool outside, some sitting on poolside furniture and some standing, with a pool umbrella and trees in the background.

A woman is applying bright pink lipstick to a man with a head and neck disability, who is seated in a motorized wheelchair outdoors under a large umbrella, with trees and a house in the background.

A shirtless man with tattoos receiving a kiss print on a piece of paper for a tattoo from another person. In the background, other people are relaxing outdoors, some wearing swimsuits and hats.