Uncovered: Rare Vintage Male Nudes (Book)

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The ‘uncovered male nudes’ in this collection are often only partially revealed, as in the photographs by George Platt Lynes (1907 – 1955): positioning and shadows protect the eye form the full model image. Don Whitman (1916 – 1998) worked with body builders and carefully used the ‘posing strap’ to prevent viewer disdain. Likewise Al Urban (1917 – 1992) and Earle Forbes (1897 – 1970) focused on the posing Greek ideal for their Physique Images.

But with Plato (1925 – 2003) and John Shreeve Barrington (1920 – 1991) the element of eroticism in the art of male nude photography opened some doors: models were captured more in the privacy of the wild then in the studio and the freedom of posing choices expanded, but still with a sense of restraint. The images of Antonio Arabia (1931 – 1993) are more natural (models in the woodlands) and in many ways more erotic, and the images by Vulcan (b. 1921) and Robert Galster (1923 – 1991) invite the viewer to become involved in the scenario. Many of these images have never been published and Massengill provides a welcome bridge between the art of the male nude as popularized by the many practitioners of excellence today.

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