Morrisroe hustled for extra money in his teens; styled himself asamong other artists, in a zine that he co-created in the mid-’70s; and later appeared in drag shows. This sexually liberated performativity continues in the some 2,000 photographs that Morrisroe shot before dying from AIDS at age 30 in 1989. Morrisroe was part of the Boston School, a group of classmates from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in the city that included Goldin, Pierson (who was once Morrisroe’s lover), and. Nude self-portraits, intimate photos of Pierson, images of young men trying on makeup and personas—Morrisroe recorded everyday episodes in the lives of him and his friends that exude bohemian energy. Many of his works have signatures, titles, dates, and other words scrawled along their borders, making them feel both informal and personal.