[identity profile] frantic-noise.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] boy_touching
I apologize if this is a repost, but I felt like drawing and went searching for some black-white photos.
What I found was this lovely boy:

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Apparently, it's the cover of Germaine Greer's The beautiful boy
and I'm thinking about buying it.
But it seems to be quite controversial with all the naked young boys [just how young are they exactly? I'm a little bit freaked out by the interviews the author has done, she's constantly talking about sperm that ‘runs like tap water’ D:]
And I can't seem to find any examples besides the cover.
Can somebody help me out?


& now some really beautiful photographs:



[1-12 were taken by Jack Slomovits]

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15. OMG CUTE
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16. happy easter...i guess.
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+ [livejournal.com profile] demiana_kassio recognized the cover boy as Björn Andrésen, who played Tadzio in 'Death in Venice'
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Date: 2007-04-10 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] damanique.livejournal.com
Sperm that runs like tap water? Seriously, if that's happening, the boys need to see a doctor. o_O;

Date: 2007-04-10 09:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] avalon-joan.livejournal.com
::dies:: this needs to be quoted! may i?

Date: 2007-04-10 10:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] damanique.livejournal.com
Uh, sure. O_o;

Date: 2007-04-12 10:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quietasamousse.livejournal.com
wonder if weeping_cocks (i think that's the commname) would be interested in that...

Date: 2007-04-10 08:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blonde-cecile.livejournal.com
OMG what lovely photographs. &hearts

Date: 2007-04-10 08:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] runnerlevelred.livejournal.com
I love love love Jack's pictures. I stumbled across his site while doing a Google search. His photos are so erotic.

Date: 2007-04-10 09:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] runnerlevelred.livejournal.com
They do look like there is a lot of passion between them. I was considering buying a few of his prints just because I haven't seen gay themed photography that captures the moment so well.

Date: 2007-04-10 08:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] demiana-kassio.livejournal.com
That guy on the cover of A Beautiful Boy seriously looks like he could be the guy who played Tadzio in the movie adaption of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice. Then, of course, the picture would have to be taken quite a while ago.

And after doing some googling, I found out that I was indeed right. The coverboy is Björn Andrésen, so the photo was probably taken around the beginning of the 1970s.

Just for some random info on my part.

Date: 2007-04-11 03:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hyacinthus.livejournal.com
That picture was actually taken from the set of the movie. The director called Bjorn "the most beautiful boy in the world" then. He's in his late 40s, early 50s now of course, quite a handsome man. I found a used copy of Death in Venice a few months ago, bought it on a lark... and promptly go obsessed with Tadzio for a while. The director was not far off the mark... Tadzio/Bjorn really was a very beautiful boy. It's a good, sad movie and I recommend it.

Date: 2007-04-10 08:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] decor-noctis.livejournal.com
Oh these are absolutely gorgeous; thanks for sharing!

Date: 2007-04-10 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitallani.livejournal.com
Those first 12 are stunning. Thanks!

Date: 2007-04-10 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] de-berzerk.livejournal.com
I love this post THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS much.
:D <3

Date: 2007-04-10 09:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rock-my-town.livejournal.com
WOW. Those pictures are BEAUTIFUL. Wow...i'm like...at a loss for words. Thanks for sharing!

Date: 2007-04-10 09:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] avalon-joan.livejournal.com
::grumbles about LJ hating her::
can't see pics.

but your commentary make me laugh out loud (and cringe a bit)

may i quote?

Date: 2007-04-11 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pengolodh-sc.livejournal.com
You may want to know that the picture rektalschleim/4.jpg has been TOSsed by Photobucket - it seems Photobucket doesn't like skin all that much.

Date: 2007-04-11 03:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snikelfritzz.livejournal.com
this is true. Photobucket is anti-nudity.

Date: 2007-05-03 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rulinian.livejournal.com
Icon. Chadam.

We need Chadam BT.

Date: 2007-04-10 09:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brigichan.livejournal.com
Oh boy, that"s hot. #9 is my favorite too.
"Death in Venice" is great. Loved it when I read it, but I have to see this... *_______*

Date: 2007-04-10 09:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kenitafunk.livejournal.com
wow! lovely pics
cheers!

Date: 2007-04-10 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bmblbee.livejournal.com
I'd like to vote for #5 as hottest ever.
woof.

Date: 2007-04-10 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elessil.livejournal.com
Mmm, gorgeous pics, thanks!

Date: 2007-04-10 10:22 pm (UTC)
ext_79087: robin-thighs (prissy jean grey)
From: [identity profile] wasabi.livejournal.com
Jesus/Satan OTP...I guess it had to happen.

Date: 2007-04-10 11:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cerisaye.livejournal.com
Well I have Greer's book and I can tell you most of the images it contains come from paintings and other artworks, including sculpture and photography (from the Western tradition mostly if not exclusively). Yes, many of the models are boys/very young men, often naked or nearly so, but were not talking pornographic imagery here. It's about appreciating the beauty of boys, and sensuality is part of that, unrestrained and natural. It's a beautiful book, well worth buying. I look at mine regularly. We shouldn't feel guilty about takng delight in the ravishing beauty of boys. It's a shame hysteria about paedophilia has tainted such a simple pleasure, leading to the outcry about Greer's book when it came out and our feelings about its subject matter.

Date: 2007-04-11 01:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trague.livejournal.com
Yeah that's Björn Andrésen - he was pretty pissed off when this book came out because he never gave (or was asked) permission for his photo to be used.

Greer did ask the photographer (who obviously held the copyright) but in this sort of situation it is seen as bad faith to use an image of a person where the copyright is held by a different individual without also asking the subjects permission.

Andrésen said if he was asked he would have said no.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/17/1066364482598.html?from=storyrhs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,11812,1063884,00.html


Those pictures you posted are beautiful - I especially love #8, the nape of the neck always does it for me.

Date: 2007-04-11 02:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bip-bebop.livejournal.com
Omg, those two cute old guys is like the most adorable thing ever.
And the rest? Super hot. Thanks for these <3

Date: 2007-04-11 03:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baader-meinhof.livejournal.com
Ok, I just have to say that I love your icon. I'm in the process of making a corset right now, boning and all (tee-hee, boning) and I'm sick of getting funny looks every time a tour group comes through the costume shop and finds out what I'm making.

Date: 2007-04-19 11:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bip-bebop.livejournal.com
Aw, thanks~I made it years ago x3 And hey, kudos to you for it. People are so silly, I swear. "Ohh nooo, it's a guy making a corset, what a WEIRDO." Ludicrous nonsense. It's like assuming that just because a guy can do makeup or cut hair, he must be gay. Like you couldn't be making it for an upcoming show or something. Gah. People=</3

Date: 2007-04-11 04:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] richeyismyhero.livejournal.com
The two old men were fucking adorable...as for the Jesus/Satan picture...well, that just gives me a weird feeling. Like maybe I'm going to hell a little.

Date: 2007-04-11 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rastaban43.livejournal.com
Wow, those Jack Slomovits are gorgeous!

Date: 2007-04-11 07:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ukexseme.livejournal.com
The Slomovits pictures are lovely.

I am sorry to report that Germaine Greer has turned into a total ranting lunatic in her old age, and will say/do anything at all to get a reaction (in another recent book she declares that Western teenagers who choose to get piercings are victims of abuse, but defends the genital mutilation of female infants.

Date: 2007-04-11 08:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lisa-thecat.livejournal.com
picture 6, picture 8... OMG! How sweet!

Date: 2007-04-11 02:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mushroomnoomi.livejournal.com
Wow, amazing photos.

Date: 2007-04-11 11:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] screaming-mimie.livejournal.com
I have a few Jack Slomovits icons, though not in use at the moment, he's an amazing photographer.

Date: 2007-04-12 03:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blissy83.livejournal.com
#4 is my favorite *sighs* Thanks for sharing!!

Date: 2007-04-12 06:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quicksilvereyes.livejournal.com
I love you for posting this. Thanks!

Date: 2007-04-12 05:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellie-elephant.livejournal.com
Also here from metaquotes. Those pictures are gorgeous! :)

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