Blake Little's Construction Nudes

Blake Little is a talented photographer who is still active and living in Palm Springs today.  

(He has published some stunning photos of contemporary bearish men, so some of you may 

want to look him up.)  After finishing art college, he moved from Seattle to Los Angeles 

where he completed one of his first themed sets of photos 1981-85.  He shot a variety of men 

nude in construction sites around LA, but didn't publish them in book form until many 

years later.  I will be presenting about a dozen of them today.   Above is the cover of the 

book featuring the model Steve, below a recent self portrait of Mr. Little.

 

Figures in Culvert and Doorway

I really like the juxtaposition of shapes and light 

in Figures in Culvert and Doorway.

 

Armando Framed by Plywood

This is Armando Framed by Plywood.  Armando appears 

at least two more times in today's series.

 

Ascending stairs

The model here is ascending stairs to . . . nowhere?

 

Ladders

My source didn't name this model, but I think he may be Armando.

 

Steve's Reflection

The cover man for the Construction Nudes book, Steve,

appears here in an excellent reflection shot.

 

Brion

The model here was given as simply "Brion."

 

Construction supply room

This looks like it was shot in a basement.  Mr. Little

called it "Construction Supply Room."

 

Armando

Wiltshire Boulevard in Los Angeles was the setting 

for Armando Pulling Curtain from 1981.

 

Steve Carrying Andre

This is Steve Carrying Andre.  Decades after the Construction Nudes photo shoot,

Blake Little tried to round up the models.  The only one still living for certain was Steve, 

the white (albino?) guy here.  Several, including Andre had died of AIDS.

 

No name

I don't have a name for our final model of the Blake Little set.