Scott Zieher discovered a pile of old photographs in a Manhtten basement. The photographs offerer an intimate portrait of a group of gay bikers in the city and the woods, and a touching snapshot of an entire generation at its carefree zenith.
A pithy narrative can be drawn from these two groups of photographs taken a decade apart. The sequence from 1962 reveals a hushed, simmering milieu romantically enhanced by antiquated photographic techniques. By 1972 the photographs are more confident and considered, as are their subjects. Newly aware of muscle and biker magazines and their heavy-handed eroticism, photographer and photographed instead brim with a subtly vibrant, chromatic pride.
Albiani is New England born and bred, and takes those east coast sensibilities with him on his travels, and in his work with his photographs. Lifeguard on Duty is a fine example is his first book of photographs. Albiani traveled for years across the U.S., and photographed ocean guards in their own environment. With an intense simplicity, a pure eye, and, as a former lifeguard himself, a soulful connection to these brave men, he has created a beautiful and unique portrait to the life of a guard.
Men: Twenty-Five Years in Photographs celebrates more than two decades highlights some of the most glorious images of the nude male as you’ll ever see. The book continues down the path that the magazine has always walked, that erotic line where beauty and sex and porn and art merge to create one unforgettable image.
By Dian Hanson. A lavish coffee-table book that is cram-packed from cover to cover with the glorious technicolour prints of one of the pioneers of gay porn photography. Both playful and highly erotic, most of the images date from the mid 1960s when he started photographing athletic youths and muscular men fully naked.
by Pedro Virgil. Virgil’s styled portraits of athlete’s bodies celebrate testosterone-laden masculinity. With elegant poses and vivid colouring, Virgil manages to create tension as well as including a tongue-in-cheek pathos that will bring a smile to your face. Muscular machos that will set your fantasies ablaze and leave a lasting impression.
Falcon Studios. The bulging photo book Ultimate Falcon with 400 pages of male flawlessness prove in a spectacular way, that the exciting blend of sex appeal and glamorous aesthetic has often been copied but rarely matched.
