Aleister Crowley 2
You may have read our story of Alister Crowley in Algeria, but did you know that they’ve found recordings in his actual voice?
Category: pre-30s
The history of gay porn before 1930
Louis Igot wrestlers
19th century artists loves their fighting men; so here’s Louis Igot’s 1870s version of it.
Louis Igot
1870-1880s French artist Louis Igot couldn’t afford to pay his models and unfortunately made a policy of never crediting any of them.
Habib Benglia by Albert Rudomine
Russian-French artist Albert Rudomine (1892-1975) did male nudes in the 20s and 30s including this series of Habib Benglia taken in Paris circa 1921.
Rupert Bunny
Before his late marriage, Australian artist Rupert Bunny (1864–1947), mixed in a Proustian circle, including with painter Alastair Cary-Elwes whom he lived with and reaches out to here, and gay writer Zsigmond Justh, who described him splendidly dressed as an angel in gauzy Indian voile.
Jaques LaLaing
In the 19th century, male nudes were usually taken with artistic, rather than pornographic intent. These works by Jaques LaLaing exemplify the tradition of taking nudes as a substitute for a life model for sculpting, drawing, and painting male nudes.
Paul Richter
Paul Richter was a sculptor and anatomist whose early figure studies were used to train artists in anatomy and how to draw the human form. He rather famously documented the physiques at the 1900 Paris Olympics.
Vincenzo Galdi 3
More photos by Italian model-photographer Vincenzo Galdi active in Rome from the 1890s to the early 1910s.
Igor Stravinsky Nude
Igor Stravinsky, Russian (later French, eventually American) composer, 1882-1971 first photo taken by George Platt Lynes in 1947, others taken…