Moondance Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) 1 - Polaroid with Male Couple, by Alexander Kargaltsev 2 - Untitled (Charles and Jim), 1973, by Robert Mapplethorpe 3 - by Ferry Van der Nat http://www.newnownext.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/MERSHAD-APRIL2013-AMSTERDAM.jpg 4 - by Ferry Van der Nat http://www.newnownext.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ARTHUR2-JAN2014-PARIS.jpg 4 - from the series "Fractured" by Jeremy Kost http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/375314/slide_375314_4385642_free.jpg 5 - from the series "Fractured" by Jeremy Kost http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/375314/slide_375314_4385654_free.jpg 6 - by Alexander Kargaltsev http://www.boutiquetestsite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/phily4.jpg 7 - from Fire Island Pines Polaroids 1975-1983, by Tom Bianchi http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/blogs/behold/2013/06/30/5.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg 8 - by Tom Bianchi http://www.advocate.com/sites/advocate.com/files/2016/02/26/ouryoungman_tom_bianchix750d.jpg 9 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gvua2vWU2ek/TWRvn4OLIWI/AAAAAAAAA9g/TTrVTmIhEXA/s1600/zak-3.jpg 10 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TlgmntY5W44/TI88yugF6-I/AAAAAAAAAMo/MWbth9uygy8/s1600/polaroidhot.jpg 11 - by Andy Warhol 12 - Valery Ualeron, by Amer Mohamad. 13 - by Ferry Van der Nat http://www.newnownext.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/LARS-SEPT2013-AMSTERDAM.jpg 14 - by Ferry Van der Nat 15 - San Francisco bathhouse, 1978, by Frank Melleno http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JZb7Nkt6IH0/S-2UgZCYrZI/AAAAAAAAASw/IaXbkjGdGD8/s1600/ev_2010_07_03_Drkrm_Melleno.jpg 16 - Sylvester Stallone, 1980, by Andy Warhol 17 - Jose - Torso, by Scott Davis (shot on Polaroid Type 55) 18 - Jose - Legs, by Scott Davis (shot on Polaroid Type 55) Edited June 11, 2017 by Moondance MassageDrew, Leo, Whitman and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Keith30309 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 These are great! Thank you for posting them. I love #2 - it tells a story. And #15... 1978... wow + Axiom2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ nycman Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I love when Warhol and Mapplethorpe Polaroids come up for auction. To me they feel even more real and "of the moment" than some of their more "refined" works...which of course sell for more more. My only worry is how long the Polaroid image will last.. For investing...I only trust old school B&W. + Keith30309 and bigvalboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) 19 - Robert Mapplethorpe, 1972 Polaroid self-portrait During his 20s, between 1970 and 1975, Mapplethorpe made more than 1,500 photographs with Polaroid cameras. Within his first year of taking pictures, he began to explore his sexual attraction to men. He made dozens of images of young men gazing at the camera with sultry come-hither looks, or staring past him in states of suspended consciousness. For his subjects, being photographed by Mapplethorpe was often an erotic experience. For him, taking pictures was a means of seduction and a catalyst for sex, the Polaroid process being particularly appealing for its immediacy. This visual response to the moment is one of the distinguishing characteristics of this body of work. 20 - by Mapplethorpe, 1974 21 - by Benjamin Fredrickson http://www.manhuntdaily.com/files/phil-3.jpg 22 - by Benjamin Fredrickson http://www.manhuntdaily.com/files/seth-3.jpg 23 - by Danny Fields http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8PC8NShTBM4/UAWLTWAR_SI/AAAAAAAAAHU/gZYcMG9rMmM/s1600/Danny-Fields-Twins.jpg 24a - Self-portrait by Jamie Livingston, 1979 http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/polaroid-photo-every-day-jamie-livingston-152-5887125c9eec3__700.jpg 24b - Self-portrait by Jamie Livingston, 1981 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/02/02/13/3CABDF3900000578-4181534-image-m-14_1486041622579.jpg Jamie Livingston took a Polaroid every day for 18 years, until the day he died. It began on March 31, 1979, when the native New Yorker (then a college student) took a single photograph. Armed with a Polaroid SX-70, Livingston went about documenting every facet of his daily life, from friends, family and relationships, to his job as a filmmaker and photographer and the everyday happenings on the streets of New York. The latter stages of his project became more introspective as he documented his battle with cancer following his diagnosis in 1997. 25 - by Benjamin Fredrickson http://www.manhuntdaily.com/files/selfportrait.jpg Edited June 11, 2017 by Moondance Gvtire, + HornyRetiree, beachboy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Keith30309 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I love when Warhol and Mapplethorpe Polaroids come up for auction. To me they feel even more real and "of the moment" than some of their more "refined" works...which of course sell for more more. My only worry is how long the Polaroid image will last.. For investing...I only trust old school B&W. Excellent! Where do you find these offered for sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 26 - Mick Jagger, by Andy Warhol http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_DJCgl-uiyY/T48Fr0s1zgI/AAAAAAAAoi4/HYgun2SRct8/s640/ANDY+WARHOL+POLAROIDS+4+drag_hi+mick+jagger.jpeg 27 - John Lennon, by Andy Warhol http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RQha2CF7ZlI/T48H7A0jBuI/AAAAAAAAojs/hPqaKftwVvs/s640/Polaroids+that+inspired+Andy+Warhol+polaroid+-+John+Lennonandy06.jpeg 28 - Dennis Hopper, by Andy Warhol http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iLqOLVIhQYo/T44PHW_oqFI/AAAAAAAAoTI/y-BuioNNgz4/s1600/%22ANDY+WARHOL+POLAROIDS%22+hopper+.jpeg 29 a/b - Arnold Schwarzenegger , by Andy Warhol http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-A9aleXkesJc/T4_1W36TG2I/AAAAAAAAotQ/GkAShHYGKmw/s640/Arnold_Schwarzenegger+warhol.jpeg http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s9ooT5cRzYs/T5AAe8t3XbI/AAAAAAAAouw/jxqUyGuh5Fk/s1600/2000.2.jpeg 30 - Andy Warhol in drag, self-portrait http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DnrCsV0N4WU/T48DcYrc7dI/AAAAAAAAoiE/zorB45jt5UU/s640/ANDY+WARHOL+POLAROIDS+4+drag_hi.jpeg TruthBTold, + Just Sayin, Whitman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 31 - Untitled (Cowboys), ca. 1967-9, by Jim French http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/unnamed.jpg 32 - Untitled (Sailor), ca. 1967-9, by Jim French + Axiom2001, bigvalboy, Whitman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 33 - Found Polaroid, unknown origin http://www.slrlounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1655711_551307038313804_3680911420890461614_o.jpg 34 - Found Polaroid, unknown origin http://www.slrlounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/found-polaroid120.jpg + HornyRetiree, Gvtire, + Axiom2001 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Frank Melleno: The Fairoaks Project Polaroids from a San Francisco bathhouse 1978 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cGLjixWzlBE/UoXXttgDVtI/AAAAAAAAFCw/tcLzMi1qMh8/w1200-h630-p-k-nu/FO-split.jpg These are great! Thank you for posting them... And #15... 1978... wow Frank Melleno (1943-2010) took that Polaroid (image #15, included in the first post to this thread), and many others, during the spring and summer of 1978 at The Fairoaks Hotel, a San Francisco bathhouse. (He was the night manager.) Seven years ago, from June 12 to 27, 2010 (a few months after Melleno's death), they were shown publicly for the first time at drkrm/gallery in Los Angeles. The images offer a unique glimpse into pre-AIDS gay sexual culture. This is from the gallery's promotion for the show: Situated in a refurbished Victorian [at the corner of Oak and Steiner, in the Lower Haight], The Fairoaks [owned by a group of gay friends] was known for its laid-back and racially integrated ambiance. Bold and unapologetic, Frank Melleno’s images capture an aspect of gay life rarely seen in snapshot photography: sexually candid encounters that are playful, spontaneous and often affectionate. The dark storm of drug abuse and pandemic disease that would soon overtake the community is not visible in these celebratory pictures. Melleno’s collection of Polaroids was put in a box shortly after they were shot and not been seen until now. Many of the images contain nudity and frank erotic scenes, but they also capture men dressed in festive attire and engaged in other aspects of the counter-culture lifestyle the Fairoaks promoted. Many artists lived at the hotel, and ongoing therapy-support groups and monthly theme parties enhanced the Fairoaks’ reputation as a neighborhood center for gay men as much as a bathhouse. More images from Melleno's archive: 35 http://dfofiuq894249sh23cfd4med.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairoaks-baths-sf-16.jpg 36 http://dfofiuq894249sh23cfd4med.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairoaks-baths-sf-6.jpg 37 http://dfofiuq894249sh23cfd4med.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairoaks-baths-sf-12.jpg 38 http://dfofiuq894249sh23cfd4med.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairoaks-baths-sf-19.jpg 39 http://www.thesword.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairoaks-baths-sf-10.jpg 40 41 http://dfofiuq894249sh23cfd4med.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairoaks-baths-sf-17.jpg 42 http://www.thesword.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/fairoaks-baths-sf-4.jpg Gvtire, + Just Sayin, + Keith30309 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Keith30309 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) I love the aesthetics of Polaroids and the subject & context of those above in the '70's is perfect for that raw, in-your-face realism. Looking at #15, 21, 25 & 42 above is like a moment of deja-vu... you can practically hear the creaking of the door opening when you step into the tiny room and smell the sex. tagging @Cyd_StVincent for filmaker fun Edited June 12, 2017 by Keith30309 + HornyRetiree, Cyd_StVincent, + Axiom2001 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruthBTold Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 . . . 32 - Untitled (Sailor), ca. 1967-9, by Jim French Really, really sexy. + Axiom2001 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ nycman Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) Excellent! Where do you find these offered for sale? They show up in NYC in the Christies, Sotheby's, and Philips Photography auctions pretty frequently. One of my great regrets is not bidding on a sexually charge Warhol Polaroid of a young Sylvester Stallone. Edited February 28, 2021 by nycman + HornyRetiree and + Just Sayin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 43 - Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker on location in Tunisia, 1976 http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/styles/full/public/image/star-wars-1977-010-polaroid-visual-reference-mark-hamill-as-luke-skywalker-scene-26-sw19v-a.jpg?itok=Snx6IW6m 44 - Roddy McDowall, 1995, by John Waters http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2yRIGldbCsU/TmU6g9lvevI/AAAAAAAAJ8c/bCKWHD9eFCk/s640/20.jpg 45 - Billy Tolzman, 1994, by John Waters http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c9AexFL9so0/TmU6fowstaI/AAAAAAAAJ8U/UEVq-QPjYVg/s640/18.jpg 46 - Todd Terje, ca. 2012, by Tim Sweeney http://instagram.com/p/LO-FZKIGRt/media/?size=l 47 - James Ransone, by Ryan McGinley 48 a - 1973, by Rome Grant http://68.media.tumblr.com/020c5c40e2d120a25c1502dd121d757e/tumblr_nkuzpuAdl11rnggwao4_1280.jpg 48 b - 1973, by Rome Grant http://68.media.tumblr.com/83046076ee7d21804567f6b82dedf532/tumblr_nkuzpuAdl11rnggwao5_1280.jpg + HornyRetiree, Gvtire, beachboy and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 49 - by Alexander Kargaltsev 50 - by Mark Bruce Whitman, Gvtire, beachboy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 51 - 54: Male models, 2013, by fashion photographer Jared Bautista 51 - Nemanjah Maksic http://www.malemodelscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Male-Model-Scene-NYC-Jared-Bautista-041.jpg 52 - Mitch Baker http://www.malemodelscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Male-Model-Scene-NYC-Jared-Bautista-03.jpg 53 - Tao Fernandez http://www.malemodelscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Male-Model-Scene-NYC-Jared-Bautista-08.jpg 54 - Thor http://www.malemodelscene.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Male-Model-Scene-NYC-Jared-Bautista-09.jpg + Axiom2001, Whitman and + Just Sayin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 55 - Nuclear Warhead, by Mark Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Just Sayin Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 I love the "gauzy" quality of the Polaroid prints; thank you for posting these, @Moondance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 56 - Brendan's Gaze, 2016, by Jeremy Lucido http://68.media.tumblr.com/55879063b9222a88878218448a71d899/tumblr_oaw78ecy8s1r5oaero1_1280.jpg 57 - Scott, by Mark Bruce 58 - by Ferry Van der Nat http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ARDENGLOVES1-AMSTERDAMMEI2014.jpg 59 - by Coty Gonzalez http://www.explorationhawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/8exposures-v3-polaroid-sx70-bellows-1-570x691.jpg 60 - by Ferry Van der Nat http://68.media.tumblr.com/7725f3f3ec3efd03ce33008a46062cd0/tumblr_n2i6hvd1lZ1s82hrbo8_1280.jpg + Just Sayin, + HornyRetiree and Whitman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 61 - 63: Polaroids of Benjamin Godfre by Jeremy Lucido 61 http://68.media.tumblr.com/40ed08a6cdc39e4e0bdcaa6c142bebee/tumblr_nijssyjGAc1ri5blqo1_1280.jpg 62 http://68.media.tumblr.com/41a36e5f5a254158fe2ab9cd68dfe341/tumblr_mjmem1rGLS1r5oaero1_1280.jpg 63 http://68.media.tumblr.com/20f3e5a93a8f4b0cc43b147e41be03d0/tumblr_nijs085yVN1ri5blqo1_1280.jpg + HornyRetiree, + Axiom2001, + Just Sayin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Just Sayin Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 @Moondance I saw Brendan at Starbucks on Santa Monica Blvd a few months ago; he looked wonderful; seeing the above prompted me to check Jeremy Lucido's website: https://jeremylucido.com/collections/recent-works extra bonus: there are some wonderful photos of Aram (Adam Ramzi) Leo, Moondance, Gvtire and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 64 - by Tom Bianchi http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IOW7_68NwaQ/UbTv5j1DuSI/AAAAAAAASao/BOkZrN31lwc/s1600/img-tom-bianchi_165849294781.jpg 65 - by Jeremy Lucido http://68.media.tumblr.com/6b3fddec04b01ec3909af3c9eae5959b/tumblr_oaw8slJ9xT1r5oaero2_1280.jpg 66 - by Tom Bianchi + HornyRetiree, Whitman, beachboy and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 67 - Helmut Berger, by Andy Warhol http://www.fanphobia.net/uploads/actors_2/45359/helmut-berger-1.jpg 68 - Bill T. I & II., 2008, by Chuck Close http://images1.browardpalmbeach.com/imager/u/745x420/7787288/0520-chuckclose2.jpg 69 - Daniel https://daily.squirt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Daniel_1024x1024.jpg 70 - Derek Parker https://daily.squirt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Derek-Parker.jpg Gvtire, Whitman, beachboy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 71 - by Jim French http://showstudio.com/img/blog_articles/8401-8600/8573_640n.jpg?1384256280 72 - James Washing Dishes, by Phillip Allen http://www.misterphill.com/photography/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/polaroid_james.jpg 73 - Jim Morrison in California, June 1967, Unknown Photographer 74 -Untitled, late 1960s, by Jim French http://www.wesseloconnor.com/exhibits/images/french/1.jpg 75 - Untitled, late 1960s, by Jim French http://www.wesseloconnor.com/exhibits/images/french/41.jpg beachboy, Whitman and Gvtire 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ nycman Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Beautiful thread....thank you so much for posting these. Edited June 15, 2017 by nycman + Charlie, + Just Sayin and + Keith30309 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moondance Posted June 18, 2017 Author Share Posted June 18, 2017 76 http://68.media.tumblr.com/de6de281c7b7b0cb28821f733f45ff1c/tumblr_oqxq4h9Lck1s5kszfo1_1280.jpg bigvalboy, + honcho, Whitman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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