Thursday, December 27, 2007

Bearflavoured

The book Bearflavoured brings together over 30 international designers and artists from different disciplines including illustration, photography, fashion and fine art.

The contributors come from a wide variety of geographical regions - places as diverse as Western Australia, Finland, Italy and Siberia.

Most of the book is a celebration of the hirsute, stocky male ideal, but some of the connections are less obvious and left for the viewer to discover. The work varies from the cute and cuddly to the thought provoking.

Bearflavoured is now finally available through amazon.co.uk

Brian T by Adam Bouska

Some more beautiful shots from the talented shutter of rising gay star photographer Adam Bouska - the lovely Brian T.

Imagine how great he'd look with a beard...





Friday, December 21, 2007

Naked For A Cause

What could be more perfect for Christmas than arty shots of naked Aussie rugger boys?

You can now choose from a selection of 40 collectable, photographic prints which are only available from the Naked for a Cause online store. Well worth a look as these shots of Luke O'Donnell [top], John Williams [left] and William Zillman [right] demonstrate.



And just for fun, Adam Woolnough of Newcastle Knights and Heath L'Estrange from Sydney Roosters.


Monday, December 17, 2007

Ricky reveals crack in his armour

I couldn't resist these pictures of Latin pop sensation Ricky Martin going through security at LAX airport in Los Angeles at the weekend. See more at JustJared.com

Following the almost-scandal of his possible accidental outing, Ricky appears to be doing nothing appearance-wise to scotch those persistent gay rumours. Good for him.


Victoria bigs up David's manhood

Warning: this report may induce nausea and should be avoided by younger readers or those of a nervous disposition.

Victoria Beckham has claimed that her husband didn't have his manhood digitally enhanced for a recent underwear ad campaign.

The Spice Girl insists that the bulge in the Emporio Armani advert is genuine and that his equipment is similar to a "tractor exhaust pipe".

She is quoted as saying: "I'm proud I still have a really good sex life with David. He is very much in proportion.

"He does have a huge one, though. He does. You can see it in the advert. It is all his. It is like a tractor exhaust pipe!"
Digital Spy

Classy, eh?

Larger pic for the curious here

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Jeff Bark

Jeff Bark's dark, moody, moonlit scenes are carefully constructed pictorial allegories in the old-school tradition. Not a single aspect of his 'outdoor' tableaux occurs naturally or by chance - the night-time setting is achieved by lighting and the set has been built in a Brooklyn warehouse, dressed with artfully-placed props and peopled with models. Bark likes to give every detail a meaning, and judging by the decaying landscape, urban debris and suggestions of sex, drugs and violence that surround these languishing, modern-day wood nymphs, it's the clandestine and corrupt behaviour of youth - his own included - that he seems to be getting at.
The First Post




jeffbark.com for more beautiful, painterly photographs

Bearforce1

In case you've managed to miss them they are the world's premier, first, only? bear boyband - they are Bearforce1.


They're Dutch (apart from the one from Belfast). They're bears. Their music is 'fun' (if you can stop yourself from forcing scissors in your ears and screaming 'No!' at the top of your voice) and quite dreadful - exactly the kind of lowest common denominator gay sh*t that makes you ashamed to like men at all and wonder how we have somehow managed to maintain a reputation for pioneering creativity.

Oh dear.


(And now they've gone and taken their tops off...)

Top Furty - Bearforce1 talk to The Advocate
Bearforce1 official website
Bearforce1 MySpace

Friday, December 14, 2007

Ryan Barry

Hot on the heels of the unveiling of David Beckham as the new 'face' of Armani underwear, the winner of a US nationwide contest to find a new model for Armani Exchange underwear was revealed this week at a dinner hosted by A|X and GQ.

And the winner is Ryan Barry - Adam Bouska model and post-Bass partner of personality/model/activist Reichen Lehmkuhl.

Naturally, he looks good in pants...


Thursday, December 13, 2007

Eric Schwabel

Photographer Eric Schwabel lives and works in Los Angeles, California. In 2005, he opened Schwabel studio, a full production facility located in Venice Beach, California, just blocks from the ocean and the Venice boardwalk.

Eric Schwabel's photography is clean and modern with a classic sensibility. His body of work includes advertisements, celebrity portraiture, fashion, nudes and still lifes, and can be seen on newsstands around the globe. He has had solo and group exhibitions in galleries in New York, Minneapolis and Los Angeles, and his photographs appear in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

schwabelstudio.com


Tuesday, December 11, 2007

David Beckham

David Beckham is a fine-looking man with - in my opinion - a hairstyle-dependent sex appeal and an illusion of masculine mystique shattered virtually every time he opens his mouth to speak, thanks to his soft-spoken Essex accent, but the illusion is fully intact in this newly unveiled ad for Giorgio Armani underwear...

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Henry Cavill talks about The Tudors

As the first series of The Tudors draws to a close on British TV screens, the big question is...



... how lovely is Henry Cavill.