PhotoBearUK

A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune of meeting a photographer whose work I absolutely love. He asked me if he could take my picture. Much of his work fits the category of gay male nudes, which I normally run a mile from. Much of the fetishistic gay male glamour photography stuff bores me to tears--there is already tons of it around. I find much of it all surface, no depth. It perpetuates the myth that gay man are, or at least should be, hypersexualised always-ready-when-you-are totty. I have to confess here that I do not even like most porn; it simply does not turn me on--it usually has a sense of deja-vu, and it remains too distant from me, certainly more than my own fantasies or experiences. All in all, I do not often find gay male nudes very interesting.


Vincent's are different. They are less nudes than naked portraits. The models are not passively consumed by the viewer, but actively engaged as most of the pictures are shot dead pan. The quality of the lighting and the detail lend the images depth and palpable presence. They can be sexy (and most of the men in them are sexy to me), but they are so without negating the sitters' individuality and personality. 


So, I agreed. I was wearing an orthopaedic boot after some foot surgery, which was not an obstacle to doing these pictures apparently. I am by now reasonably comfortable posing in the buff though I am not that confident physically. But I actually like these pictures very much. There are two pictures of the session here, but there are hundreds more (and of much more attractive models) on Vincent's Flickr site where he operates under PhotoBearUK. He also takes a huge variety of pictures, from flowers to landscapes, and a trawl through his Flickr site is hugely rewarding. 


Check out his websites:
PhotoBearUK
mascularstudio