With a face like that it's obvious why I've dubbed him the "heartbreaker." I imagine it was one of those hot summer days. He was home on leave, and everyone gathered in the back yard for a little barbecue. But whose heart did he break? Hers'? Or the person snapping the pictures?
There's something about the way he looks at the camera that tells me that perhaps there was a chemistry between him and the photographer.
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Sixty-four years have passed since he sat for his portrait, and I can't help but to wonder how Nathaniel ended up among all the other abandoned and forgotten faces I discovered in a bin at a second hand store.
I'm sure the thought of Nathaniel is a precious memory in someone's heart - somewhere out there. That is, if that person hasn't been lost themselves.
In January of 1944 Nathaniel was a handsome young man. He was a proud man. A meticulously dressed and well-groomed man. I know nothing else about Nathaniel other than these facts. But something in his eyes tells me he would be glad to know that someone found him, dusted him off, and shared him with the world. No longer lost, no longer forgotten - Nathaniel has made his mark. He is the image of who we once were.
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No, the good looking bride and groom seen here are not my grandparents, and the photographs I'm about to show you aren't family heirlooms from my hope chest. This is the story of a couple I have never met and could only hope to know. I believe these pictures tell the taboo tale of love and courage that a young black man and his wife endured in 1950s America. I say "I believe" because these pictures only give me a brief snapshot of a single day in history of the lives of these young lovers. These images only tell a part of the story, and I am left to draw upon what I see to fill in the rest of the details.
On Saturday morning I woke up and somehow after watching an episode of Antique Roadshow I got it in my head that it was time for me to start a vintage photo collection. So I headed out to the antique district on Lorain Avenue. One of the first stops I made was a popular local second hand store called Suite Lorain. I typically only peruse vintage stores because while I find the merchandise interesting and fun, I'm not big on dragging a whole bunch of really old tacky junk home with me. But today I was on a mission and I was bound to come home with a pile of photographs.
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Sometimes called the Hugh Hefner of gay publishing for his pioneering magazine, Bob Mizer influenced figures in art and society in similar ways as Hef, from David Hockney to California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who modeled for Mizer in 1975. Bob's World: The Life and Boys of AMG's Bob Mizer is the first book to celebrate the full color, uninhibited second half of Bob Mizer's career. Over 250 vivid photos are accompanied by an oral history, with contributing artists David Hockney, Jack Pierson and John Sonsini, photographers David Hurles and Hal Roth, models Ben Sorensen and Andrew Sears, and Wayne Stanley. The book includes a one-hour DVD of Mizer films, spanning 1958 to 1980, specially edited for this edition.For more information click here
For more then 20 years, Brian Brennan has been photographing the now infamous brooding young Latin men from the sweaty streets of Spanish Harlem in New York City. This beautifully printed coffee table book offers a collection of the most popular Puerto Rican ruffnecks from his private collection. A must have for the serious Latino Lover! Brennan s men are perfectly captured in crisp FULL-COLOR photos, on unaltered negative film. This is all pre-digital photography at it's best! For more information click here
Flawless male bodies perfectly lighted and masterfully retouched, that is dylan rosser's trademark. the color red is the red thread of red. to shoot pictures with a timeless character is the aim of dylan rosser. that is why he is seeking perfection in each and every picture he designs. in red he plays with the color of love, of sensuality and sexuality, which lends a new dimension to his images. For more information click here
Jay Diers is at it again! The young photographer from Iowa took a chance looking into American motel rooms and surprises us anew with unusually intimate, warm-hearted and yet in-your-face portraits. The bored farm boys of the American Midwest seem as if they've just been waiting for their chance to finally show themselves to the world! And so they pose, beguile with their young bodies and seem to be saying just one thing - "Take me!" But the photos never seem blatant or exploitative thanks to Diers' respectful and dignified handling of his models. This is a magnificent portrait of American youth! For more information click here
Seldom has a photographer created such an authentic work as Jack Slomovits has in this book. From the middle of the sexual action the artist captures us from the first photos onward. Slomovits' semi-documentary style leaves little to the imagination; high-contrast detailed photos are interspersed with portraits in a snapshot aesthetic. His protagonists are the lads of the West Village in New York, lads of impressive naivety and tantalizing innocence. A fast book from a fast city. Sexy! For more information click here
A work that features tough burly men, muscles and lots of testosterone. For more information click here
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