Don Whitman was one of the leading exponents of male physique photography back in the days when censorship and society in general expected the models to keep a modicum of decency in their poses. When he left the Navy after WW2 in 1947 he started the Western Photography Guild which remained active for the next … Continue reading
Fifty years ago, give or take a day or two, performers representing 19 countries from around the world appeared on Our World, the first ever international television production broadcast by satellite. An estimated 400 million viewers watched the two-and-a-half hour program, which featured talent including Pablo Picasso and Maria Callas and was closed out … Continue reading
queerguru first came across photographer David Parise’s work one Sunday afternoon at Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road Collectables Market a couple of years ago, and instantly fell in love with his whole series of vintage Barbie & Ken pictures. In fact ‘Boys at Sunset’ above is the first one we purchased that day. Parise had been living in … Continue reading
London’s National Portrait Gallery has a stunning new Exhibit that beautifully documents the vibrant 1980s London art and club scene with photographs of many of its gay stylish leaders such as Leigh Bowery, Derek Jarman and Gilbert & George. Before We Were Men is the work of photographer David Gwinnut who has captured the generation … Continue reading
Martin Gabriel Pavel and Czech artist Marek Kučera‘s project had one simple aim. “Daily Portrait IV Berlin 2015-2017″ consisted of one camera and 381 naked Berliners, mostly strangers who took photographs. Once Martin had taken a picture of Marek, he then passed the camera on, so that he could find a subject to photograph … Continue reading