This volume documents a moment in the history of American culture - a period in the 1930s, 40s and 50s that gave birth to a new notion of male beauty and desire, and to a new type of male icon. Long before Stonewall and the gay pride movement, a small group of daring men - photographers and the models who sat for them - helped pave the way for male sexual liberation. Led by photographer George Platt Lynes, and featuring men such as Jean Marais, Yul Brynner, Paul Cadmus and Tennessee Williams, the group - straight men as well as gay - shattered taboos surrounding the artistic representations of the male figure. The influence of their work continues today, and can be seen in the work of modern artists including Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts and Robert Mapplethorpe.

Naked Men

Arts & Photography

David Leddick

Photography & Video

Little,Brown & Company

David Leddick, one of the world's experts on the male nude, and world-traveled actor Heriberto Sanchez have interviewed forty hot male escorts about their lives, love, and income. Renowned photographer David Vance photographed these men clothed and unclothed.

Escort: 40 Profiles with Photographs of Men Who Sell Sex

White Lake Press

A well illustrated book, praised by Bruce Weber and Francesco Scavullo, telling the stories behind the photographers, painters, and patrons-- including George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, and Lincoln Kirstein--and models--including Yul Brynner and Jean Marais--who paved the way for male sexual liberation before Stonewall. Black &amp; white photos.

Naked Men : Pioneering Male Nudes 1935-1955

Universe

This is a book about men who were beautiful enough and brave enough to bare all for photographers and painters between he years of 1935 and 1955. Forty-eight men are represented, of whom thirty-two were still living when I began working on the project (three have since died). Their modern-day portraits have been taken by a talented young photographer, Ethan Winslow, as a record of my encounters and to contrast with the stylized beauty of the past (remarkably, for the most part they remain beautiful and brave). In many ways this book came about because its time was due, as interest in the art and photography of the prewar and wartime periods has revived. The photography of this era looks surprisingly modern to our eyes. In particular, photographs of the male nude that were once only for the private collector now inspire today's artists and creative directors.

Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes 1935-1955

Universe Publishing

Billy has everything:  a buff body, a high-powered New York job, even a beach house in Provincetown. But something's missing from this boytoy's fabulous life--a boyfriend. Along comes Carlos, a hunky fireman who shares Billy's passion for pumping up. But can these sculpted studs find true love in such a plastic world? Won't you come out and play with Billy, Carlos, and their friend Tyson?

Big Fun with Billy

Big Fun with Billy [Unknown Binding] [Jan 01, 2001] David Leddick and Niccolini, Dianora

Sports & Outdoors

Miscellaneous

D. D. Abercrombie lives in a sixteenth-century house in a French village. When her visiting nephews discover bones buried in the wine cave under the house, D. D. is determined to identify the long-ago remains. She discovers her house was once an inn where visitors to the ancient abbey facing the house once stayed. She later uncovers some old letters that unwinds a 150-year-old story leading to the present day—a story that will affect her own life.

Nakeder Than Thou

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

A Palm Beach socialite and a gay New York interior decorator exchange lives after a plane crash in Brazil.

Two Bracelets

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

What about a Mexican drug lord who escapes prison through a mile long tunnel? What about his turning up on Shelter Island, at the far end of Long Island? What about a planned murder? What about the beautiful drug buyer who turns up on the island as well? What about you?

Murder on Shelter

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Books by David Leddick

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Naked Men

Escort: 40 Profiles with Photographs of Men Who Sell Sex

Naked Men : Pioneering Male Nudes 1935-1955

Naked Men: Pioneering Male Nudes 1935-1955

Big Fun with Billy

Big Fun with Billy

Nakeder Than Thou

Two Bracelets

Murder on Shelter