Mister J's Men

@themaleinart

We strongly feel the male body is a work of art and should be treated as such. Most content is original work created by visual artist Jay Alan Rickard from the early '90s to present. If a post is reblogged then the original poster information has been retained. Some content may be considered NSFW and should not be viewed by minors. If you are under 18 please come back when you are of legal viewing age. For additional original artwork please visit www.JayAlanRickard.com

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Introduced by KQED's General Manager James Day, The Rejected was the first ever U.S. televised documentary about homosexuality, broadcast on September 11th 1961. Originally titled The Gay Ones, The Rejected was filmed mostly in the KQED studio.

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It's important to know history

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Conrad Veidt

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'Heracles destroys the Stymphalian birds' by Edgard Maxence, 1893

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George Platt Lynes - “Paul Cadmus Sketching Ralph McWilliams”, 1953.

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"Young Man Reclining" ~ George Bellows 1908

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Apollo and Marsyas, 1888 - Hans Thoma

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Study of three male nudes, 1940 by George Platt Lynes

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George Platt Lynes

(1907-1955)

In the 1930s, Lynes was a key fashion photographer in New York known for surrealism and being highly stylized, but in the 1940s, his self portraits and nudes are minimalist and soft. Before his death, he destroyed many of his negatives and prints; both his fashion photography and his nudes.

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ph. George Platt Lynes, Pavel Tchelitchew in his studio, c. 1942

Pavel Tchelitchewis putting finishing touches to his surreal portrait of George Platt Lynes, who has also taken this photograph. Platt Lynes’s naked boyfriend Jonathan Tichenor appears to be posing for Tchelitchew, though the painting shows no one but Platt Lynes himself

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Embrace (1952) photographed by George Platt Lynes

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Arthur Laurents and Tom Hatcher in Hollywood, 1962

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Arthur Laurents was a playwright, screenwriter, librettist, and director for Hollywood and Broadway. He provided the books for the Broadway productions of West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). In 1954, his friend Gore Vidal suggested that Laurents check out the men's department of a Los Angeles store - not to look at the clothes, but to take a look at a handsome young salesman - Tom Hatcher. Laurents later said, “It was lust at first sight.” Laurents and Hatcher were together for 52 years, until Hatcher's death in 2006.