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Kings & Queens in Their Castles might be the most ambitious photo series of the LGBTQ experience in the USA. Over the course of 15 years, Atwood has photographed more than 350 subjects from 30 states, including dozens of families and nearly 100 celebrities.

The work offers a window into the lives and homes of some of America's most intriguing and eccentric personalities. The images portray whimsical, intimate moments of daily life that shift between the pictorial and the theatrical. Alongside creatives such as artists, fashion designers, writers, actors, directors, music makers and dancers, the series features business executives, politicians, journalists, activists and religious leaders. It includes farmers, beekeepers, doctors, chefs, bartenders and innkeepers. It also showcases urban bohemians, beatniks, mavericks and iconoclasts, many of whom blossomed in the 1960s and 1970s but seem to be slowly disappearing.

Damiani published Kings & Queens in Their Castles as a book in 2017. It won multiple awards including first place in the International Photography Awards (book category) as well as a Lucie. Atwood's work has been exhibited at major international institutions and venues, including the MoMA, Pacific Design Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Directors Guild of America. His work has been featured in more than 200 publications, including The Guardian, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker.