Naked men
pioneering male nudes, 1935-1955
by David Leddick
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This book documents a moment in the history of American culture - a period in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s that gave birth to new notions of male beauty and desire, and to a new type of male icon. Long before Stonewall and the gay pride movement, there was a small group of men - both photographers and the models who sat for them - who helped pave the way for male sexual liberation.
Led by the photographer George Platt Lynes, the painter Paul Cadmus, and the arts patron Lincoln Kirstein, this group shattered taboos surrounding the artistic presentation of the male figure.
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Uomini nudi: I Pionieri del nudo maschile 1935-1955
1997, Octavo Franco Cantini Editore
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Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes, 1935-1955
1997, Universe Publishing
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078930080X 9780789300805
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This is a book about men who were beautiful enough and brave enough to bare all for photographers and painters between he years of 1935 and 1955. Forty-eight men are represented, of whom thirty-two were still living when I began working on the project (three have since died). Their modern-day portraits have been taken by a talented young photographer, Ethan Winslow, as a record of my encounters and to contrast with the stylized beauty of the past (remarkably, for the most part they remain beautiful and brave). In many ways this book came about because its time was due, as interest in the art and photography of the prewar and wartime periods has revived. The photography of this era looks surprisingly modern to our eyes. In particular, photographs of the male nude that were once only for the private collector now inspire today's artists and creative directors.
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