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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Keith Vaughan


British artist Keith Vaughan took this photo in 1938 while 
on an excursion to Pagham Beach with a group of young men.

 

8 comments:

  1. I've been there, not nude, though. Very evocative. Shingle beach, so you get that extra sound as the waves break.

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    1. I'll never forget my visit to Chesil Beach in Dorset.

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    2. What's a "shingle beach"? We don't have those in California.

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    3. Beach has pebbles instead of sand, and I think there are a few in CA.

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  2. The peacetime idyll before the war in England. When you see the photo you are left wondering if they survived the war. Vaughan was a conscientious objector and alternatively served in the ambulance corps. He was part of the neo-romantic circle post-war and later moved on to abstract art.
    Vaughan the best of Britain 🇬🇧

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    1. From what I've read, the tremendously talented Mr. Vaughan left a valuable chronicle of his life as a gay man before decriminalization.

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