WHITE STEEL

The images and thoughts of a master chameleon and sculptor of white steel.

[dwainleland]

🗄 Unreleased: First-Ever Photoshoot. 🧮 Model: Yours forever, @DwainLeland. 📸 Photography: Simon Miller. 🛋 Studio: PRSM Advertising. 🩲 Swim Brief: Body Alive (@body__alive). 🗽 Location: Manhattan, NYC. 🗓 Booking Date: 28 February 2004. 🦋 RETRO//spect.

𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌. 📚 _________________________ 🏷 #FromTheArchives #Archives #Unreleased #PreviouslyUnreleased #DwainLeland #Swimwear #MensSwimwear #Fashion #Style #MensFashion #Model #MaleModel #FashionHomme #ModelHomme #SimonMiller #PRSMAdvertising #BodyAlive #Manhattan #NYC #RETROspect #RETROspective #Early2000s #MenInSpeedos #SwimBrief #Physique #MalePhysique #PhysiqueModel (at New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmFN3hXPH0B/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dwainleland]

🎖 “True passion obviates concerns with pedigree.” –Dwain Leland. 👨🏼‍🎨 Artist Showcase: David T. (@Zealot). 🖼 Featured Work: “Radiant” (Digital art-porn reinterpretation of… ⤵️) 📸 Original Photograph: Model @DwainLeland, as photographed by #MarkJenkins @StudioJenkins.

𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌. 📚 _________________________ 🏷 #DwainLeland #StudioJenkins #FromTheArchives #ArtistShowcase #Archives #Friends #Friendship #Support #Changes #Metamorphosis #Life #Nourishment #Encouragement #HelpingEachOther #Expression #Journey #LifeJourney #Artists #ArtistsOfInstagram #Creators #VisualArts #Art #SupportArtists #SupportArt #Create #Passion #ArtPorn (at San Francisco Bay Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl92BD-PdA7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dwainleland]

🪣 “Dig archives and create more art. The archives are nourishment.” 🐺 –𝙰𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚎 🖼 #Art + #Philospophy #Showcase: #Armie @pierrotnvenice. ✍️📓 ✏️ “Untitled garden book #sketch of a #dog (11/24/22)” #graphite on paper.

𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜. 📚 _________________________ 🏷 #ArtistShowcase #Archives #Friends #Friendship #Support #Changes #Metamorphosis #Life #Nourishment #Encouragement #HelpingEachOther #Expression #Journey #LifeJourney #Artists #ArtistsOfInstagram #Creators #VisualArts #Art #SupportArtists #Create https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl6eUcep13V/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dwainleland]

🛞 #𝑨𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒏, starring @𝚍𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍. 📕 Print #editorial: ‘Down the Rabbit Hole’ book available from #JustinMonroe. 📸 #Photography: @justinmonroephotog. 💄 #Beauty / #Makeup: @ericjallen. 👖 #Denim: @rufskin. 🎬 #Location: #BlueTangoStudios, @Hollywood, #LosAngeles, #California. 🦋 RETRO//spect: #Archival #Release #Curatorial & #ArtDirection: #DwainLeland.

𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌. 📚 _________________________ 🏷 #FromTheArchives #RETROspect #Archives #JustinMonroePhotography #Rufskin #RufskinDenim #Fashion #FashionStory #FashionPhotography #MaleModel #MensFashion #ModelHomme #ModeHomme (at Hollywood - Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4vBpYv2jC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dwainleland]

❓ How do y’all feel about me pulling things out from my archives, just for you? 📚 Location: #HomeArchives. _________________________ 🏷 #Reposting #Poll #Archives #Library #Archival #Photography #Photographs #Selfie #MaleModel #Model #ModelHomme #Fashion #Fall #FallFashion #Sweater #Nerd #NerdGlasses #HomeLibrary #Library #Curation #Curatorial #Museum #MuseumPieces #Art #ArtPhotography #ReRelease #Releasing #LettingGo #Retrospective #CareerRetrospective (at San Francisco Bay Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl1dZtPJJp7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dwainleland]

🦋 “A metamorphosis always has something metaphysical and magical about it.” 💬 – @AlicjaKwade, via @SurfaceMag. 💌 Inspiration: @Kristie_Garman. _________________________ 🏷 #Metamorphosis #Metaphysics #Metaphysical #Magic #Magical #Change #AlicjaKwade #SurfaceMag #Butterfly #HangInThere #Encouragement #Friends #HelpingEachOther #Support #SupportingEachOther #Spiritual #Spiritualism #Faith #FaithWalk #TakeYourTime #Transformation #Grace (at San Francisco Bay Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clv6BnMr0pX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dwainleland]

🍒 Loving all my Artists out there. Believing is the answer, so be changed by your faith in your own Divine creativity. Loving you all, and all the true Art Lovers, as well. 💋 🦋 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 📖 2 Corinthians‬ ‭5‬:‭17‬ ‭(KJV‬‬) _________________________ 🏷 #NewCreature #Sanctification #ShabatShalom #Shabat #Sabbath #Divinity #BodyDivine #LoveYourself #LoveForAll #Metamorphosis #Changes #NewLife #Bible #HolyBible #BibleVerse #2Corinthians #Christ #TrueChristian #ChristLike #Transformation #Transcendence #Prayer #Meditation #MaleBeauty #QueerBeauty #ChristBeauty #SelfAcceptance #Grace #Equality #QueerArt (at San Francisco Bay Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/CluYFNcPjV8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dwainleland]

Subscribe and join the worldwide premiere of my burlesque show just for you, child of Light, for the holidays!! Come join me and chat live, and have a front-row seat to my intimate cabaret. One love, One dance - for Life!

-Dwain Leland

[white-steel]

See me in live motion, y’all! Subscribe to me @DwainLeland on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/DwainLeland

[dwainleland]

Having a moment with this classic I grew up with…

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[white-steel]

This is me in OOB Magazine’s “Bauhaus” issue, photographed by @errikosandreou.

[white-steel]

[white-steel]

Wow! Your #LockerRoomSeries blows my mind. Not only do you look amazing, it fulfills so many fantasies. Do you workout in that attire? Were the pics taken all at once or over time & who takes them? You’re incredible man.

Thank you! Yes, I work out in those clothes, and no, they are taken on a daily basis. There are a lot more in the series to come, including video, if I can get to it with everything else I have going on in my career. All other details are a secret - after all, if I told everyone everything, there wouldn’t be anything left to the imagination. Mystery is the spice of life! Keep coming back - you never know what you’ll find in the locker room…

[siphotos]

U.S. Senator Barack Obama poses with a basketball at the Spencer Family YMCA while on the Presidential Campaign Trail on Dec. 16, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Bill Frakes)

GALLERY: Barack Obama and Basketball

[dwainleland]

Barack, we need you in a new pickup game. It’s important.

[white-steel]

are you gay ?

Does it make any difference? Should it make any difference?

[white-steel]

The quickest way to immortality is through art.

Amanda Lucy Foreman (b. 1968): British/American Biographer and Historian.

[white-steel]

FanMail: Rockin’ Meetup

Hi!

I appreciate your photos and also love your rockin’ physique. 😉 I wish I would meet you someday.

—nickoslife

Thanks for writing, and I take your compliments to heart. I have met several of my fans while traveling, so if I end up in your neighborhood, I would be happy to share some time with you.

All my best,

Big D

[white-steel]

What kind of gym progress are you most pleased to see? The triumph of heavier lifts, or the satisfaction of seeing hypertrophy? Also, who are your favorite comedians, if you listen to any?

On Gym Progress

I am most pleased to get stronger, believe it or not. I like the practical, everyday confidence that being able to handle a lot of weight provides. Of course, as I get stronger, I am quite aware of how that changes the shape of my body, and since I am photographed for the shape of my body, I make sure to build and sculpt as proportionately as possible. Most men who lift are not so careful, and you will see this in their resultingly imbalanced shape (the biggest infraction being deltoids that are way too large for the rest of the body; happens with pectorals, too).

On Comedians

I’m an incredibly serious person and don’t consume much comedy material; I fight against the little time we have to focus on thinking about issues that are intellectually challenging and extremely important to the human condition. Is comedy trivial? Perhaps, but I don’t fault people who enjoy it. I just prefer to keep my attention focused on other things. If I were to name one, though, it would be someone of the older guard, like Whoopi Goldberg or Jerry Seinfeld.