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“There’s something about floating translucent bubbles that’s always seemed futuristic, from the ’60s right up to the present day. Photographer Melvin Sokolsky was on the, er, ball, then, when he shot his now iconic Bubble series for the Harpers Bazaar 1963 Spring Collection.” – Doug Bierend wired.com
wired.com: In the ’60s, Models Floated Through Paris in Bubbles
Featured Images above:
Left: “Samual Petersen” from the series “They Love Trampoline.” Mr. Petersen, 75 at the time of this picture, is a former fisherman who walks 2 hours every day to tend to his flock of sheep, Right: “Svínoy” from “They Love Trampoline.” Credit Charlotte Abramow, via Fisheye Gallery
Provocative images of nude or nearly nude men
– the first pouring copious amounts of milk but not into a glass,
the next featuring peonies in the background (and not wearing much in the foreground),
while yet another salaciously reclines in fetish gear and heels.
And bringing up the rear (pun intended) is the classic man-in-the-shower shot, but this guy has a trio of special visitors
When Photography and Haute Couture Fashion come together…..the visuals can be astounding works of Art Photography
Overdue for some more “Gay Art” visuals
Size: 35.4×35.7 cm
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, 1993 © The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe
Self Portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe 1980 via Guggenheim Photos
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
