When an androgynous male model named Jo Calderone appeared in Vogue Homme Japan last year, celeb watchers noted that he looked a lot like Lady Gaga might in male drag. Turns out, that is exactly who “he” was. The young diva, who dodges regular rumors that she is intersex, shows off Jo on the cover art of her next single, “You and I.” You Go, Guy Gaga!
Tag Archives: Art
Going Gaga for Jo Calderone
Posted in Drag, Japan, Photography, Strange News
Tagged Art, Culture, Drag, Homme, Intersex, Japan, Jo Calderone, Lady Gaga, Music, Photography, Queer, Vogue, You and I
Some Very Useful Guys: David Blázquez Photographs of Human Furniture
Spanish Photographer David Blazquez has a series of anthropomorphic shelves, tables, and lamps called “Mobiliario Humano” – Human Furniture. Of course the humans are all MAN humans. The series premiered in 2009 at El Fotomata gallery in Seville, Spain.
Posted in Art and Artists, Leather, Photography, Spain, Strange News
Tagged Art, BDSM, Culture, David Blazquez, El Fotomata, Gay, Human Furniture, Kink, Mobiliario Humano, Photography, Seville, Sexy, Spain
Cool Photographer Eric Robinson gets Hotter by the Minute…
Eric Robinson. photo: Gay Highwaymen
Friend of this site Eric Robinson has been shooting us, and our friends for a couple of years now. Tintypes! Ambrotypes! Pics on metal and glass…way old school, 19th century-style. PDQ, he will be a “Master.” No, not like That! His MFA (Master of Fine Arts) show opens in August, and he is already showing all over like the worst exhibitionist ever. His ongoing Leathermen series is part of a larger archival project called Other Ways of Being. Robinson says of his work: “What I seek with my camera is the difference – visible difference – that allows us to identify or disassociate with groups, cultures or communities.” These are important cross-cultural concerns, and Robinson’s unique camera view points our brains at them. Leathermen has already shown three times nationally (Chicago, San Francisco and Vermont) and is BIG in Indonesia, where it is featured in the glossy mag, PhotoArt Contemporary. Cool. Keep watching, ’cause this fantastic old-school shutter-bug boy is going to be BIG. Well. If we have anything to do with it anyway…more here. Enjoy!
Posted in Collecting, Eric Robinson, Indonesia, Leather, Mendocino County, Photography, San Francisco, Southern Illinois
Tagged Ambrotype, Art, BDSM, California, Culture, Eric Robinson, Gay, Indonesia, Kink, Leather, Photography, Sexy, Tintype
Today in Phallic Architecture: Lincoln’s own Penis of the Prairies!
Penis of the Prairies - State Capital Building, Lincoln Nebraska
The Penis of the Prairies! That’s what locals call the State Capital building in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is easy to see why, and (oh so) very hard to miss! Not the first time political power has been represented by a monumental erection, nor will it be the last. From paleo to techno, the metaphor holds. More soon.
Posted in Architecture, History, Nebraska, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More.
Tagged architecture, Art, Culture, Gay, Lincoln, Nebraska, Penis of the Prairies, Phallus, Photography, Political, Power, Sexy
Words, words, words…are always written on context-sensitive paper. (Homotextual Slide Show!)
In a paraphrase of the Bard’s famous tale, the Queen asks the Prince: “What are you reading, Hamlet?” and he replies: “Words, words, words…” 500 years later the gay literary great William Burroughs said “Language is a virus from outer space.” Well…that would certainly explain a lot!
More Homotextuality here, here, and here.
Photos: Gay Highwaymen 2011.
Ahhh…Sand! Microphotographer sees a Universe of Small, Hard Beauty Underfoot
photo: Gary Greenberg
Sand…those little rocks on the beach. Sand…in the 19th century, it was just one more slang term for testicular fortitude. Because you can never have too many ways to say it! Rocks, gravel, sand, guts, nuts…he’s got some set of balls on him! But back in the day, they used to say: “He’s got sand!”
Gary Greenberg, a biomedical researcher from University College London, has recently published A Grain of Sand, a book of close-up photographs of sand. He sees the big picture in the little picture. He’s not the only one. Way back in the 18th century, proto-homosexual poet William Blake wrote:
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
More on Dr. Greenberg’s microphotography here. More on seeing the Universe in unexpected places here.
Posted in Art and Artists, England, Photography, Scholarship, Spirituality
Tagged Art, Culture, Gary Greenberg, Microscope, Nature, Photography, Sand, Science, Spirituality, William Blake
Beautiful SOMA Banksy – Hot Rat!
Banksy on 9th St. SF. Photo: Gay Highwaymen, Dec 2010.
Banksy! We snapped this shot on 9th St between Folsom and Harrison Streets in San Francisco’s SOMA (South of Market) district some time back. Popped up “just so” during last year’s run of Exit Through The Gift Shop.
Hey, B,…if you ever want to extend your marvelous marks into the rural fabulosity of NorCal, you are invited. Hospitality, anonymity, great groovy walls and other cool surfaces guaranteed!
Posted in Activism, ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Art and Artists, Collecting, DIY and Maker Culture, Photography, San Francisco, Signage, Street Art, Grafitti, etc., Subcultures
Tagged Art, Banksy, Culture, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Film, Folsom St, Grafitti, Photography, Rat, San Francisco, SCANDAL: Politics, Crime, Revolution and More., Signage, SOMA, Street Art, Grafitti, etc.
The Buddha Nature…
Posted in Collecting, DIY and Maker Culture, Photography, Signage, Spirituality, The Buddha Nature
Tagged Art, Conceptual, Erotic, Found Object, Gay, Red Thread, Sex, Spirituality, The Buddha Nature, Zen
Shooting Rich Trove!
Snap! Gotcha! Leather Community photographer Rich Stadtmiller has new photos of SF Pride’s Leather Contingent up on his Rich Trove site, here. For Gay Highwaymen photos of the kinky section of the parade, click here. For more photos of photographers and their big sexy cameras, click here.
Posted in Leather, Photography, San Francisco, Sexy Holidays, Surveillance
Tagged Art, Culture, Gay, Kink, Leather, Photography, Rich Stadtmiller, Rich Trove, San Francisco, Scopophilia, Sexy, Surveillance
Happy Independence Day! – from hot Bear artist Jiraiya…via Bearotic
Jiraiya - Independence Bear
It’s all bears all the time at Bearotic, where we found this great Independence Day Bear from Jiraiya. Lots more from this artist over there. For all your ursine needs…
Posted in Art and Artists, Comics, Sexy Holidays, Subcultures
Tagged 4th of July, Art, Bara, Bear, Comics, Culture, Gai Comi, Gay, Independence Day, Jiraiya, Manga, Sexy
The Gay Highwaymen 