Wet, wet, wet, wet

 

There's a summery, wet thing going on here recently, 

what with all the swimmers I've featured.

This contender for wettest T-shirt sombrely marks 

the transition into the rainy season and autumn.

Wet shirts always flatter shapely figures

but this takes wetness to a different level. 

Sometimes getting wet is fun!

it helps if you're wearing someone else's clothes of course.

I like the way this models abs mirror the quilting of his jacket.

But does that make you think the jacket is waterproof?

 Sometimes getting wet isn't fun!

I'm not sure this is a good advert for a raincoat either.

To me it seems to say "Should have stayed at home".

Still it's a fabulous image.

Getting into the realms of torture here!

(or some hare-brained charity stunt).

Water cascading over men's bodies in showers is a familiar sight

but flooding the face seems much more disturbing

The rivulets draw out the model's facial contours beautifully 

but coupled with his less-than-cheerful reaction 

there's an uncomfortable comparison with floods of tears.

This great set of photographs entitled 'Waterfall' are the work of

Solve Sundsbo

Models: Matthew Terry, Matthew Noszka & Vitor Melo

For more wet or uncomfortable men, click on the labels below

The Way We Were?

Swimmers 1934, Halley Johnson (?)

This is an eerie perspective on Summers gone by

 with two (male) swimmers seemingly stranded on a tiny island

one looking distinctly stressed as he clutches his beach ball

while a yacht serenely passes by with no sign of a human crew

and above them a strangely disconnected moon 

looks down through a window torn in a darkening sky.

The styling of this image is striking, Deco? 

Maybe, but it's initial promise of charming, carefree nostalgia

seems to rapidly dissipate on closer inspection.

 I've not been able to fully verify the artist's identity,

 but the date (if true) suggests a further ominous spin on the mood.

Or are the long shadows and gusting breeze simply signalling sunset,

and the sorrowful ending of an idyllic day in paradise?

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Life Saver

Alex Cairns by Armando Adajar

I have a weakness for beautiful men in swimming trunks.

Model Alex Cairns has the strong lean look of a true swimmer.

The lifebuoy he is holding suggests he's in a life-saving job 

but judging by the placid water in the pool, 

there are no customers to save just at the moment.

Giving him time to think exciting thoughts apparently.

(for more swimmers click on label below)

Silent Reflection

Gabriel Garbow - Silent Reflection

At this time of year thoughts turn to lazy days in and around water.

(in the Northern Hemisphere at least!)

Actually, the cool palette in this image does not conjure up a sunny day,

which makes the title seem all the more appropriate.

This seems like a natural pool in a wooded glade. 

A place of escape from the worries and pressure of life,

and the exhausting need to constantly enjoy and experience.

The serenity of the swimmer's face shows his calm pleasure

in simply doing nothing, a rich man indeed.

This artist has a passion for watery subjects

 including an obvious admiration for Scott-Tuke 

I suppose it's a bit chocolate-boxy but then again,

Who doesn't like chocolate once in a while?

Actually, there's possibly an allusion here to Millais' 'Ophelia'
which would assign a much darker overtone to both image and title. 

 see more at Gabriel Garbow on Instagram

Crouching Man

Fighter (?) by Dez

This is an interesting picture!

A man with a supremely muscular upper body and edgy hairstyle,

 his delicate bubble butt clad in snug-fitting 'Butt' brand undershorts,

crouches in the middle of a spotlight circle.

He has something of the air of a fighter 

 but two cold eyes staring at him from the darkness

seem to be either alarming or shocking him.

What does it mean?

I confess I don't know and I've not been able to track down more of Dez' work 

which might have shed some light on what he is all about.

Those eyes seem to have a dangerous, other-worldly, un-dead air.

Enough to make a strong man quail.

but maybe the explanation is more prosaic.

If you are into men, it's a great picture anyway

Bath Time

'Man in a Tub' by Philip Gladstone is one of a very long series of 'Tub' paintings,

variations on this mildly homoerotic subject which have cleverly judged palettes.

The finger tracing a line on the mirror is suggestive of reflection

or is it something more significant than that?

This prolific painter juggles many subjects and styles of art in such a colourful way

that it's hard to tell if his allusions and references are deep or merely entertaining.

Great images though!

Art by Philip Gladstone

Just Because

Keon Davis by diamondmenlive.com

In the present situation, I just felt like posting a picture I like
to show that some things are still enjoyable exactly as normal.
I love the 'grow-back ' on this man's chest! (click to expand!)