KEVIN SLACK / photographer

So, I said one of the last posts that I was revisiting some photographers I have already featured here.  I ran across an image from Kevin Slack the other day and thought why not. When looking in the archive, imagine my surprise when I found he wasn't there. Meaning I have never featured him here. How can that be, you ask? I ask it, too. I will correct that grievous mistake here and now.

Kevin is a Canadian photographer in love with Cuba and photographing Cuban men. And he does it exceedingly well. He shot a series called The Seduction of Jorge Luis, and this series was featured in Beautiful Mag. There is an extensive interview in English in the Spanish Language Mag Burbujas De Deseo. Well worth the read.

So let's see the Seduction of Jorge Luis. I love his use of highly saturated color in this series, but not so highly saturated as to be distracting. It makes the skin tones of these amazingly handsome men luxurious. I am only posting thirteen images from this series. There are more. Perhaps another time.

 

MARTYRDOM OF ST. SEBASTIAN

One recurring theme, and a very popular one too, in the arts is the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Countless painters have produced works on this theme, and some photographers have as well. Here are a few examples. There are ten examples and here are the attributions: the first two are Aurelio Monge, number three is Cynthia Karalla, number four is David Vance, number five is Neel Bate, number six is Mapplethorpe, number seven is Davood Salek, number eight is Yukio Mishima (self portrait, I believe), number nine is from a Versace campaign, and number ten is by FrodoPrime. The work by Neel Bate was such a small image, I was not able to enlarge it much without it pixelating beyond acceptability. Sorry. Blogger really frustrates me sometimes. Couldn't get any of the links to color yellow. Arrrgh! Half the time it works and half the time it doesn't.

 

One more thing, if any of you out there have any recommendations for photographers I could feature here, let me know. Here is the criteria I generally use. Male nudes; black and white is highly preferable but not entirely necessary; interesting settings and or use of props; not particularly interested in porn values  (i.e. big dicks or erections or facial beauty although those things are nice); I prefer penises fully exposed rather than "artfully" covered unless, again exceptional in other qualities; non-sexual unless exceptional in some other way. I have nothing against porn, in fact I LOVE IT! But there are hundreds of thousands of blogs out there dedicated to that and many of them do it very well. So, let's do something different here. So, I welcome your suggestions and if I agree with your choices, they made appear here one day. Thanks.

REVISITING DAVID VANCE / photographer

Back in February, 2011 I did a couple of posts on David Vance. In my quest to find new photographers to post here, I find that I forget to revisit old friends to see what they are up to lately. While cruising around some blogs the other day I came across a stunning image by David (number three below) and decided to see what else he had I was not familiar with. Here are a few that  fit most of my criteria. They are in color, but what the hell. Number five below is not really a nude, but the model, Patrick Manos, is so hot, I had to include it. I could not find a personal or professional website for Patrick, but Google him and he pops up all over the place.

And while we're at it, where the hell have I been since August when I posted last? Well, for one thing, slugging through the first draft of a novel. At about 55,000 words in, I am half way through. Then of course, it's rewrite. The promo: A Benedictine monk and a Knight returning form the Crusade, once teenage lovers brutally torn apart, are reunited thirty years later. While slogging through the quagmire of their present relationship, they are drawn into a theft and two murders which need solving. That's where I've been.

ISN'T SHE WONDERFUL / Jacob Collier

Jacob Collier is an eighteen year old from the UK who has an amazing amount of talent. I so love these one-man-band clips. Ain't it amazin' what you can do with a 'puter these days? This is his cover of the Stevie Wonder mega hit Isn't She Wonderful.

AURELIO MONGE / photographer

Back on January 9 of this year, I featured Spanish photographer Aurelio Monge's work after a recommendation from a follower of this blog. He has a book out, Academics: Honoring Caravaggio with some great classical images. I featured a couple in January. Here are more from that book. The richness of the color and the complexity of the images is stunning.

CHAIN ON LOVE / Delta Rae

Take three siblings, two brothers and their sister (Ian, Eric and Brittany), add three friends (Elizabeth, Grant and Mike) and you have Delta Rae, a band from Durham, North Carolina. They have come out with this song called Chain on Love and it is in support of gay marriage. What ever you think of gay marriage, it is a good song. Enjoy!

Robert Colgan / photographer

     Way back in November, 2009 near the beginning of this blog (hard to believe it's been three years) I featured three photos by Rob Colgan. I love the background settings for those shots. That was also back in the day when I just posted the shots and nothing much if anything about the photographer. I'll make up for that now. Here is a quote from his website:
     Robert Colgan is a photographic artist from Columbus, Ohio. Born in Elyria, Ohio, he actually spent his formative years in Louisiana. This was the beginning of his interest in history, architecture and myth - all dynamic elements of his work. After returning to Ohio, he earned a Fine Arts Degree from the Ohio State University. Robert has been photographing for over 30 years and has exhibited throughout the Midwest. He received an Individual Artists' Fellowship from the Ohio Arts Council in 1992.
     And here are several other examples of his work.