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Long before Bruce Weber or Herb Ritts picked up a camera, there was a photographer whose images glorified the male nude. But Alonzo Hanagan, better known as Lon of New York, was working during the 1940s and 1950s, when images of the male nude were not just illicit but illegal. Twice, his studio was raided and his negatives destroyed by police. Many of the images in this book thus exist only as prints purchased by collectors at the time.
Now, for the first time in more than forty years, these photos are published in one comprehensive collection that recovers this lost body of work. Suffused with a coy playfulness and a naïve vulnerability, these erotic images of men evoke a time of greater innocence but also of greater suppression, revealing much about gay history and the history of photography.
Now, for the first time in more than forty years, these photos are published in one comprehensive collection that recovers this lost body of work. Suffused with a coy playfulness and a naïve vulnerability, these erotic images of men evoke a time of greater innocence but also of greater suppression, revealing much about gay history and the history of photography.
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About the Author:
Reed Massengill, himself a photographer specializing in the male nude, became a close companion and confidante to Lon of New York and has complete access to Lon's archive and unequalled knowledge of his career. He lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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- PublisherUniverse
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0789309963
- ISBN 13 9780789309969
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages160
- EditorReed Massengill
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