‘A friend who visits a lot, always sits at my desk (where I have all these pictures), and has never shown interest in them, really responded once he saw my edit,’ says the revered critic, collector ...

PHOTOS: Before there was Robert Mapplethorpe, there was John Palatinus. Los Angeles exhibition space drkrm hopes you’re hungry for some beefcake — they’re presenting the work of John Palatinus, one of ...

A new show at the Photographers’ Gallery is transporting visitors back to post-war London, when a clandestine visual culture documenting gay men’s bodies emerged Published in 1957, the Wolfenden ...

Bob Mizer (Athletic Model Guild), ca. 1950, from Physique by Vince Aletti (Image: SPBH Editions / MACK, 2025; courtesy of Bob Mizer, Athletic Model Guild, SPBH Editions, and MACK.) Before Grindr ...

Shot in the ’50s and ’60s, the photography of Alan B. Stone captures men out in nature, showing off their ample muscles and wearing as little as possible. In 2006, it’s obviously intended for a gay ...

CHICAGO — It was 1950, and the men were hot, greased up, and posing as if they were the original “David.” Then they were photographed and choreographed by Chuck Renslow, who founded Kris Studios for ...