Tag Archives: Photography

Bucking Bronco, Whipping Cowboy

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Ride ’em, Cowboy! Throw ’em, Bronco!

Photo postcard published by Chas. E. Morris, Chinook Montana, 1906. Early color process. Collection of Gay Highwaymen.

Big Boy: Bigger Gator!

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And a big toothy grin on this giant reptile. Snap! Ouch. Watch out. Don’t let it do the spin. Can’t blame it for wanting a taste of this delicious looking boy, though.

Photo: Aquaglades. Murphy Bros. Press Inc. This 12 foot American Alligator was estimated to be 100 years old. Photo postcard circa mid 20th century. Collection Gay Highwaymen

Hot Draw! Mark I. Chester hosts Gay Men’s Kinky Sketch Group in San Francisco

Hosted by Mark I. Chester, an institution in the San Francisco gay art scene for a long time now. Best known as a photographer, Chester is also an underground artist who opens his SOMA studio to regular life-drawing sessions, including the monthly Hot Draw! – Devoted to fans of kinky gay male erotica. Themes of power, control, submission, fetish, gear, S/m and kink galore dominate at these events. Pictured here is Dan Becker’s quick sketch of artist Richard Bolingbroke’s sub bear paul on all fours. That would be Bolingbroke’s boot: good bear! More on Hot Draw! here. Interested in getting your hot self in front of Chester’s hot camera lens? That can happen, too. Information here.

Happy April, foolish boy…

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He may be foolish, but he certainly looks…teachable. Happy April Fools Day!

Happy Fuckin’ April Fool’s Day!

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Hey, boy. When you’re over fucking around with clowns, look us up! From Clown Fuck Punk.

Activist in Chains: Life and Death in Black and White

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From the exhibit Life and Death in Black and White. Photographers Jane Philomen Cleland, Patrick Clifton, Marc Geller, Rick Gerharter and Daniel Nicoletta picture AIDS activists and actions from the key years between 1985 – 1990. More on this exhibit here. See this small show concurrently with the long-running sampler of the museum’s collection: Our Vast Queer Past. above: April 7th, 1989, UN Plaza, San Francisco. Unidentified member of ACT UP/SF in chains protesting INS exclusion of tourists and potential immigrants with HIV/AIDS. Photo: Marc Geller.

Snap! Sexy Christo shoots Himself…NSFW!

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SFXO – A quirky, sexy art boy, good friend of this site and fellow photophile. Snap!

Danger! Don’t throw WHAT Where?!

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Constructing a damn dam. The Hoover? No context for this strange sign. Was throwing workers into the ravine a real issue? Collection of Gay Highwaymen.

Fucking Bats! Seriously.

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Spring brings a cluster
Furry brown activity
Making more of us

The Buddha Nature drops dope rhymes. Photo postcard collection of Gay Highwaymen.

Maybe he’s YOUR boy…

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Or maybe he is OURS. We could flip for him. Goodyear advertisement Collier’s magazine, September 26, 1942. Collection of Gay Highwaymen.