Wilhelm Von Gloeden vol 2
More photos taken by Wilhelm von Gloeden in the 1880s.
Category: pre-30s
The history of gay porn before 1930
August Nyet by Gaudenzio Marconi
A well worn photograph from 1877 by Gaudenzio Marconi of the soldier August Neyt, who was cheaper than a professional model to hire, taken especially for the famous sculptor Rodin to use as a working study for his acclaimed bronze nude entitled “The Age of Bronze”.
The Monk and the Slave
A young catholic monk rides an actual enslaved person’s dick in these historical photos from the 1850s.
On the Antiquity of Thiestic Satanisim
Exploring the extensive historical record for the existence of black magic and devil worship in the rennaisance and its relationship to modern Satanist movements.
Gaudenzio Marconi
Gaudenzio Marconi 1841-1885 was an early photographer who did figure studies for the likes of Rhodin. Marconi sold photographs of models to students in Paris. Artists often sketched from photographs when life models were not available
Galdi Studios
The story of Vincenzo Galdi, one of the first porn models to go on to run his own studio from 1900-1907.
Vincenzo Galdi by Von Pluschow
Vincenzo Galdi (1871-1961) was model, muse and protégé to Wilhelm von Pluschow at his studios in Rome in the late 19th and early 20th century.
William Von Pluschow
From the 1890s to the 1910s Von Pluschow had studios in Rome, Naples, and various other places in italy shooting the local “ragazzos” in the nude for the early dirty picture trade.
Jules Leotard, 1860
Jules Leotard, acrobat, arealist, and one of the first men in history to do physique photography as a model.