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Selling photographs to a "men's only" market and to the kind of men who preferred other men, in 1907, landed Galdi arrested for "insult to the public moral" and "selling excessive audacious photographic studies". He spent time in prison and paid a heavy fine.

Young men of Taormina, Sicily became the principal product of his studio, He mixes nudity and truth, natural phenomena and essence. He began photographing the male nude in the early 1890's. Von Gloeden's nudes were avidly collected. Their suggestion of ancient places, use of artifacts and classic compositions helped to divert or at least excuse their sexual impact.

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Vintage Male Physique & Hollywood Photographs

vintage photographs of muscled men, physique magazines

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