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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.
Note the clothed observer in the left background.

 

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  1. Do you think the observer might have just stumbled upon the group? Being male, neither he nor the participants would have been bothered.

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    1. 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.

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  2. looks like the boys were having a great day out-Dee Exx

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  3. 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.

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    1. Right. This one makes me think of a montage of snippets from that famous scene in "Women in Love."

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  4. The guy in the back, is "uncomfortable" with nudity, but, enjoying the show.

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    1. I'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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