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Friday, June 11, 2021

Keith Vaughan, Photography and Art


Keith Vaughan (1912-1977) was a British artist who never really accepted his homosexuality, 
but did leave behind quite a bit of homoerotic art, much of which he kept in a secret portfolio.  
I featured some of his interesting work about two years ago, and it's time for a second series.
I'm mixing the limited photography he did with some of my favorite pieces of his art.

 

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  1. I have always been a great admirer of Keith Vaughn's art - both painting and photography and so I would like to thank you for this series.

    During my research into the history of sportswear, I came across two remarkable photographs by him - "Bather Fastening Sandal" and "Male Figure Beneath Ship's Hull" - featuring the same very good specimen wearing the briefest swimming trunks I had seen dating from the 1930s, consisting of small back and front panels fastened by two side tie strings, at both top and bottom and leaving a considerable amount of the hip naked. I have never seen another example.

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    1. I was quite happy to put this series together. I do have those other photos you mention, and believe it or not, I took note of the swim trunks as being out of place for the time. My own very amateur opinion is that they might have been created for the occasion.

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  2. "Bather Fastening Sandal" and "Male Figure Beneath Ship's Hull".
    When we will enjoy them?

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    1. Sorry, but it may be a while. I don't have enough of this material for another full series, so I'll have to combine those with something similar.

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