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Saturday, September 17, 2022
Free for All
The students seem to have a good old fashioned free for all going on here.
I recall a similarly dressed man appearing in another group of Eakins' outdoor photos. He was helping set up some props used in the shoot, leaving me thinking he was an assistant and not a model. Might or might not be the same guy as the face is blurred here.
Wrestling was, however, quite a different matter from boxing, because of the potential body contact. The nudity aside, this was quite a daring image for the time - and full of homoeroticism.
Do you think the observer might have just stumbled upon the group? Being male, neither he nor the participants would have been bothered.
ReplyDeleteI recall a similarly dressed man appearing in another group of Eakins' outdoor photos. He was helping set up some props used in the shoot, leaving me thinking he was an assistant and not a model. Might or might not be the same guy as the face is blurred here.
Deletelooks like the boys were having a great day out-Dee Exx
ReplyDeleteWrestling was, however, quite a different matter from boxing, because of the potential body contact. The nudity aside, this was quite a daring image for the time - and full of homoeroticism.
ReplyDeleteRight. This one makes me think of a montage of snippets from that famous scene in "Women in Love."
DeleteThe guy in the back, is "uncomfortable" with nudity, but, enjoying the show.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if he's uncomfortable, or just on hand for some purpose other than being in the main scene.
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