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Whenever I listen to that song, I sing along: Me... Me... You know where I be...

By Cole Porter
 
Film: High Society

Loomis Dean

 
Loomis Dean (1917-2005) was a veteran LIFE magazine photographer who shot pictures of circus clowns, crown princes, Hollywood stars, Madagascar lemurs and SS Andrea Doria survivors in a five-decade long career. The son of an artist, he originally studied art at a local school where, he said, "I proved I could not draw." After discovering photography, he got a job as a photographer for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. His first assignment for LIFE came in 1946. In 1960, he spent three weeks in Spain with Ernest Hemingway for an assignment on bullfighting, and in 1989 published "Hemingway's Spain," about his experiences with the writer. After LIFE folded in 1972, Loomis Dean worked on a freelance basis for movie studios and news magazines.
 
Images by Loomis Dean ...
 

 

Surfers at San Onofre State Beach, California, 1950, for LIFE magazine

http://68.media.tumblr.com/018054d10da9ff7226cb7211dea00437/tumblr_oovx90Pxxl1qazanuo1_1280.jpg
Surfers at San Onofre State Beach, California, 1950, for LIFE magazine
 
http://68.media.tumblr.com/5e2d2aadfbbf48f0c07f0f4389439d5a/tumblr_oovx90Pxxl1qazanuo2_1280.jpg
Surfers at San Onofre State Beach, California, 1950, for LIFE magazine
 
http://i.imgur.com/RfwCHvy.jpg
Male mannequin in suit of dark fabric after nuclear test at Yucca Flat, 1955

Christian Dior having coffee while reading newspaper at home, before leaving for work, Paris, 1957
 

Yves Saint Laurent after attending the funeral of Christian Dior, Paris, 1957
 

Elizabeth Taylor, 1967

Always had a "crush" (appreciated the talent) of 1930 - 1950s actresses...
 
Norma Shearer (with her self-admitted cross-eyes - not evident in this pic) The Women.
 

 
 
Also, Irene Dunne The Awful Truth with Cary Grant - sheesh, the best. Watch it.
 
http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/37/3703/YE2AF00Z/posters/the-awful-truth-irene-dunne-1937.jpg
 
 
And, let's have a bit of Miss Melanie, Miss De Havilland in GWTW. Though Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte was more fun!
 
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/07/01/18/35DD057600000578-3670080-image-m-25_1467394765318.jpg
 
BUT, can we remember a not so smooth flight?
 
http://24.media.tumblr.com/d7700b2a17c16332625c9e715b691eff/tumblr_mkqpmybgVR1qgvdf9o1_500.gif

Plus, like Liz Taylor, she was a heterosexual woman who was very supportive of gay rights long before it was fashionable.

Plus, like Liz Taylor, she was a heterosexual woman who was very supportive of gay rights long before it was fashionable.

Elizabeth Montgomery was Samantha and Serina on BEWITCHED

Oh please, don't tell me you guys can't get a little woody over this chestnut! (In this movie, she had Paul Lynde for a father. At least he accomplished something in regards to "kids".)
 

Oh please, don't tell me you guys can't get a little woody over this chestnut! (In this movie, she had Paul Lynde for a father. At least he accomplished something in regards to "kids".)
 

Oh please, don't tell me you guys can't get a little woody over this chestnut! (In this movie, she had Paul Lynde for a father. At least he accomplished something in regards to "kids".)
 

Charles Lindbergh
http://www.todayifoundout.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Charles_Lindbergh4.jpg
 
Ramon Novarro

 
Walter Gropius
http://www.alma-mahler.at/images/photogallerie_historisch/hist_gropius_hi.jpg
 
Ernest Renaud, 1864-1936, French writer and ... commissioner of police (!)
http://68.media.tumblr.com/d8074990ef99e30eb82e25ae2d2d005d/tumblr_nnzpoqes9W1radmcao1_1280.jpg

http://68.media.tumblr.com/feebb49e061d45b0bdb9e117a285ff54/tumblr_np6knfWbL61radmcao1_1280.jpg

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http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lshyirEtFy1qd1176o1_500.jpg
 
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2yh85Vv8ns/U7UzEfHSp5I/AAAAAAAAtf8/gb28_bO58zM/s1600/Men+in+Photobooth+(4).jpg
 
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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BctWChgfURk/URrvWIHB5cI/AAAAAAAAJKo/5B6VF3EQC6s/s640/agay18.JPG
 
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http://68.media.tumblr.com/50806af2ca808aaaf1d170ad492ec3b9/tumblr_ojdl8irTWM1rr0yozo1_500.jpg
 
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Herbert Tobias
 
http://www.herberttobias.com/images/ht_main.jpg http://www.herberttobias.com/gallery/display/4.jpg
Self-portraits
 
Born in Germany, Herbert Tobias (1924-1982) taught himself photography starting at age 10.
 
He was called up by the Wehrmacht in 1942 and sent to the Russian Front, where he took his first significant photographs. Shortly before the end of the war, he deserted and was captured by the Americans. He was released at the end of 1945.
 
In 1950, two years after he began a relationship with a civilian employee of the American Forces of Occupation, both men were charged under the German Criminal Code with homosexual acts and left Germany for Paris. There, Tobias made his first contacts in the world of fashion, and in 1953 had pictures published in Vogue. That same year, after resisting arrest during a police raid on a gay establishment, he was thrown out of France.
 
From October 1953, his fashion photographs began to appear in German magazines and, that November, out of over 18,000 entrants, he won first prize in a competition for the front page photo of the Frankfurter Illustrierten Zeitung.
 
After moving to Berlin, Tobias had his first solo exhibition in November 1954. Also in Berlin, he discovered the singer Nico, later famous with The Velvet Underground, and launched her career as a photographic model. Through publication of his work in top magazines, Tobias became an established figure in German fashion, but he eventually found it difficult to deal with the discipline of that world and his commissions fell off. By 1969, he was only able to support himself with financial assistance from friends.
 
In 1972 his pictures started to appear in gay magazines, particularly in him.
 
In 1981 there were highly praised exhibitions of his work in Amsterdam and Berlin.
 
Tobias fell seriously ill in February 1982 and died in August of that year, one of the first high-profile victims of AIDS in Germany.
 
Images by Herbert Tobias ...

http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lodt7naSKf1qzz58lo1_1280.jpg
Jardin Luxembourg. Paris, 1952
 
http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqnzxksdww1qzhl9eo1_1280.jpg
Montparnasse, Paris, 1952
 
http://theredlist.com/media/database/muses/icon/iconic_women/1960/nico/115-nico-theredlist.png
Nico in Vanity Fair Germany of 2008, photograph from the 1960s
 

 

 

 

True about Orlando- but here are my 3 favorites for those looking for a good at massage, sexy as hell massuer and clean/ sane/ safe:
 
https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/peterts.shtml
or
https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/malepreferedlmt.shtml
or
https://www.masseurfinder.com/members/sergey_rus.shtml
 
 
We all have types, and they all look Much Better in person. -xx

Sean Connery
http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lee1kjH5mY1qbcsb2.jpg
 
Maurice Chevalier, ca. 1910
http://68.media.tumblr.com/12eff2c28b7c309b73f603d9c2e803ea/tumblr_mocgc2j2ZN1qd48zdo1_500.jpg
 
Thomas Edison
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6susIL9d1qeu6ilo1_500.jpg
 
Roald Dahl
http://i1.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article11287836.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/JS89061585.jpg

77
http://68.media.tumblr.com/05fe672dcb5a34cbffd144b7f66c477b/tumblr_omni5sOxF11vwq0fao1_r1_1280.jpg
 
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http://68.media.tumblr.com/a6a5530c83c19debd02d4438bc0c543c/tumblr_nshj2llaxu1u0b3vuo7_1280.jpg
 
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http://68.media.tumblr.com/a34557200e8e93b4bbb95d51c9615655/tumblr_omnbkyelZY1vwq0fao1_1280.jpg
 
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http://68.media.tumblr.com/474c71bef4677d58a99705e28e60cba0/tumblr_obl9l8mHLs1sz248vo2_r1_1280.jpg
 
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http://68.media.tumblr.com/4f59400d1acfb4213302496a5d91bbc1/tumblr_omylbw6zPK1vwq0fao1_1280.png

Teddy Roosevelt

 
Franklin Roosevelt, 1900
http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0bibuXs3R1qkgs51o1_1280.jpg
 
Chief Justice Earl Warren (U.S. Army, 1918)

 
Henry James, ca. 1863
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2014/8/12/1407854966972/Henry-James-009.jpg

Rutherford B. Hayes

 
Johannes Brahms
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ni6WuIKZiZk/T6gf_OHn_cI/AAAAAAAAAN4/rLs5hPc4RfQ/s1600/Young+Brahms.jpg

Max Schmeling, 1930s
http://68.media.tumblr.com/92baa4a66a4b255c5b2070405b37f8a1/tumblr_nwj0nwBQNY1rz0t86o1_1280.jpg
 
Kahlil Gibran, 1897
http://68.media.tumblr.com/67ed207f62bfadfa661bd563917af021/tumblr_oj7qmfHO061vwq0fao1_1280.jpg
 
Yul Brynner, posing for George Platt Lynes, 1942 (age 22)
http://theredlist.com/media/database/muses/icon/cinematic_men/1960/yul-brynner/076-yul-brynner-theredlist.jpeg

The one VERY sad aspect about this thread is the realization of just how many of these guys died very, Very, VERY young.

Duane Michals


Duane Michals (born 1932) is an American photographer whose unique body of work often features photo-sequences and the incorporation of text to examine emotion and philosophy. In 1958, while on a holiday in the USSR, he discovered his interest in photography. The images he made during that trip became the basis of his first exhibition held in 1963 at the Underground Gallery in New York City.
 
For many years, Michals made his living as a commercial photographer. He worked for Esquire and Mademoiselle, covered the filming of The Great Gatsby for Vogue and was hired by the government of Mexico to photograph the 1968 Olympic Games.
 
In 1976 he received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
 
Images by Duane Michals ...
 
http://theredlist.com/media/database/photography/history/conceptuel/duane-michals/003-duane-michals-theredlist.png
The Nature of Desire, 1986
 
http://www.pacemacgill.com/gfx/images/dmi/large/poet_decorates.jpg
The Poet Decorates His Muse with Verse, 2004
 
http://68.media.tumblr.com/53ce14b8427fbc1e96b564713dec9242/tumblr_oboe05piom1uvues3o1_1280.jpg
Man to Man, 1977
 

The Bewitched Bee, 1986
 

Ah Dreams, 1984
 
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/collections2015/images/8/51/65158/v0_large.jpg
Mistaken Identity, 1981
 

The House I Once Called Home, 2002
 
http://ep01.epimg.net/cultura/imagenes/2017/05/29/actualidad/1496080252_735198_1496081594_sumario_normal.jpg
The Unfortunate Man Could Not Touch the One He Loved, 1976

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4479498064_d1dab64039_o.jpg
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/04/you-must-know-again-my-reluctance-to.html
 
They married in 1931 and were still married when Earhart's plane disappeared in 1937 while she was attempting to circumnavigate the world, so she never invoked the one-year bailout.

Ernst Haas
 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eyZoIcbXo98/TpjId057fpI/AAAAAAAALuY/sYvuF5EnJ-A/s1600/haas_selfportrait1.jpg
Self-portrait, 1945
 
During his 40-year career, Austrian-born Ernst Haas (1921-1986) bridged the gap between photojournalism and the use of photography as a medium for expression and creativity. Although his formal education was complicated by World War II, Haas was an autodidact; he took advantage of his family’s extensive library, as well as museums and libraries in Vienna, to educate himself. His study of philosophy and poetry, in particular, informed his beliefs about the creative potential for photography. In addition to his prolific coverage of events around the globe after World War II, Haas was an early innovator in color photography. His images were widely disseminated in Life, Vogue and other publications, and, in 1962, were the subject of the first single-artist exhibition of color photography (assembled by Edward Steichen) at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
 
Images by Ernst Haas ...
 

Times Square Reflections, 1962
 
http://theredlist.com/media/database/photography/history/landscape-travel/ernst-haas/010-ernst-haas-theredlist.jpg
Lights of New York, 1970
 

New York, 1980
 

The Cross, New York City, 1966
 

Paris, 1954
 
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FrcLLA7ewI8/T9vvGsMkOKI/AAAAAAAAKBk/msFE6Z8Ptnw/s1600/Haas+c.1970.jpg
1970
 
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uCEpHdfjc3E/TpjPZ92nLRI/AAAAAAAALw8/pI10zUjwON8/s1600/ernst-haas+art%25252520396.jpg

Fritz Block

http://monovisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/photo-eye-fritz-block-new-photography-modern-color-slides-01.jpg
 
The work of the German photographer Fritz Block (1889–1955) spans the period from the “Neue Fotografie” (New Photography) of the late 1920s in Germany to the color photography of the 1940s in the United States. Having fallen into oblivion, Block is now being rediscovered. A current exhibition (until September 10) at the Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung in Berlin presents the first large retrospective of his work.
 
Originally an architect and proponent of “Neues Bauen,” the modern architecture style of the late 1920s, Block and his partner ran the firm Dr. Block & Hochfeld. The need to document the construction of his own buildings led him to take up photography in 1929. Although not a professional photographer, Block offered his work for publication and his images first appeared in print in Germany in the early 1930s. However, because he was a Jew, Block was not allowed to publish his photographs (nor continue to work as a self-employed architect) after 1933.
 
In late 1938, Fritz Block emigrated to the US. Settling in Los Angeles, he made photography his main profession.
 
Images by Fritz Block ...
 
http://monovisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/photo-eye-fritz-block-new-photography-modern-color-slides-07.jpg
New Elbe Bridge, Hamburg, 1929
 
http://monovisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/photo-eye-fritz-block-new-photography-modern-color-slides-03.jpg
Juan-les-Pins Beach, Côte d’Azur, 1931
 
http://monovisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/photo-eye-fritz-block-new-photography-modern-color-slides-02.jpg
Coney Island, 1930s
 
http://monovisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/photo-eye-fritz-block-new-photography-modern-color-slides-08.jpg
 
http://www.photography-in.berlin/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Fritz-Block-George-Washington-Bridge-New-York-1948-%C2%A9-Fritz-Block-Estate-Archive-Stockholm_Hamburg-900x588.jpg
George Washington Bridge, NY
 
http://www.photonews.de/cms/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/fritz-block.jpg
Bread Man, Los Angeles, 1942

Tamotsu Yatō
 

 
Tamotsu Yatō - 矢頭 保? - (1928 - 1973) was a photographer and occasional actor who pioneered Japanese homoerotic photography, creating iconic black-and-white images of Japanese men. He was a friend and collaborator of the writer Yukio Mishima and of the film critic Donald Richie, as well as a longterm romantic partner of Meredith Weatherby, the expatriate American publisher and translator of Mishima's works into English. Although his work received limited public distribution during his life, it has since gained a cult following.
 
Images by Tamotsu Yatō ...
 
http://68.media.tumblr.com/fc53f65a5f30fb90240d2bcdd4c14003/tumblr_o3by7bxOjL1u6hpq4o1_1280.jpg
 

 

 

 

 
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-05ZR0JZEhXQ/T7X_UpUnxYI/AAAAAAAAIPc/VSEVf9VJ3QY/s1600/29592b.jpg
 
http://68.media.tumblr.com/d908fa9ad2688a9171360d658efae50b/tumblr_o3byhudfnF1u6hpq4o1_1280.jpg

From my latest selfie photo shoot.