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MASCULAR
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22| |Autumn
Winter 2018
2017
IN LOVING MEMORY
ALAN THOMPSON
1972 - 2017
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Issue No. 22 | Autumn 2017
6 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR A LIGHTHEARTED APPROACH TO LEATHER AND LIFE 156
Scott Brooks
8 LEATHER MIX - Vol. XX
DJ Brian Maier’s latest mix for MASCULAR COIT 1164
14 MASCULAR T-SHIRT Ryan Coit
CJ Brume – LEATHER LEATHER 2018 175
16 TAUT Rick Castro
Colin Davis DE CUIR ET DE DAIM - OF LEATHER AND SUEDE 184
David Gregham
26 TOM’S WORLD THE VINTAGE TOUCH 192
Eric Lanuit Senbastian Vicuña
37 IVANISM PORTRAITS IN HOMES 198
Ivan Velex Trevor Ott
44 AN HOMAGE TO TOM SEGUNDA PIEL - SECOND SKIN 206
Stuart Spinks Alejandro Caspe
52 MARLBORO MEN BAR NIGHT 216
inkedKenny Li Su
62 ESCENA DEL CRIME - CRIME SCENE SHAUN 222
Fernando Bracho Bracho Bill Pusztai
72 HIDE OF THE BEAST REY REY’S MEN OF LEATHER 228
Brew Hunter Rey Rey Cervantes
74 EAGLE NYC COLLECTION HOT DRAW 238
Brett Schmidt William Cricket Ulrich
84 MACK AND CHAD DO LEATHER ROUGH EDGES 246
Mack Sturgis & Chad Newton Tank
97 SPORTS MILITIA BOUND UP 254
Vincent Keith Chris Laughery
106 POWER AND SUBMISSION KISCH LEATHER 262
Joe Mazza Aurelio Monge
114 HOMINIS UNIFORMS A KIND OF ABSENCE 272
Ross Watson Dirk H. Wilms
120 INTERNATIONAL MR. LEATHER 2017 LIFE DRAWING 280
Ralph Bruneau Miguel Angel Reyes
122 IN THE LIGHT OF DAY LEATHER PORTRAITS 288
CJ Brume Robert Siegelman
132 DUM SPIRO SPERO DOM BARBUDO - FETICHISTA 031 296
Ulli Richter & Patrick Maggin Alexandre Lisboa Llago
140 TOUCHES OF LEATHER TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE 302
Joe LaMattina Xavier Vazquesz Solano
146 MY HERO’S NAME IS DADDY CONTRIBUTORS 318
Randy Addison
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 324
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by Mack Sturgis
MASCULARMAGAZINE.COM
Celebrating masculine art and
the men who create it
It took us 22 issues, but we are finally but were too shy to approach. Woof. I am obsessed with the sweaty power
tackling the topic of Leather! It’s a dynamic between leather players, but
He noticed you looking weeks ago and
massive, sexy issue and we hope you maybe being alone with the touch and
now he short circuits your shy boy
love it as much as we do. intoxicating smell of a worn swath of
routine by grabbing the scruff of your
cowhide is your trigger. Perhaps you
When I got bullied into editing this neck and lowly growling into your
just really liked the routine of keeping
issue, the first thing I thought was, ear instructions on where to meet
your boots shined for inspection while
“There’s no way I’m writing as long him tonight. You know the place, boy.
you were in the service, surrounded
of an introduction as Vincent does!” His thick mustache against your ear
by men in uniforms. Or possibly your
Honestly, I want to get to the pictures distracts you so much you almost
pleasure comes from someone else’s
as quickly as you do, but V does love miss him rasp, “And you better show
deliberately drawn out pain while
his protocol... up in boots.”
you wield a heavy handled flogger
Look at that, a few lines in and there’s There I go projecting again. It’s clear beat after methodical beat. Maybe
already been tackling, bullying and my mind can quickly drift to a million I’m not even close and truth is that
protocol. Sounds like a great start to different sordid scenarios involving only makes me more curious to know
a night under the rugged care of that leather, but I shouldn’t assume your what seduces you.
burly Sir you have fancied for months, connection to it is the same as mine.
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You see, in addition to savoring the would express their feelings about tough guys, he can’t help but show
unbalance of power between leather- something that can simultaneously us a softer, sensual side.
men, one of my strongest kinks is be armor, aphrodisiac, or apparatus
Ultimately, this leather experience is
finding out what deeply satisfies of anonymity. They have stepped up
much less about pushing our wants
someone else, makes their toes curl, to the task, exploring this timeless,
and perceptions on others and more
or their eyes drift up and out of focus fetishized substrate from every angle.
of an invitation to exchange devious
in delirium. Finding the key to what
In the pages ahead, you can expect to thoughts with each other. My sincere
pleasures another human mind is
find out about what is going on in the hope is that this amalgam of ideas
fascinating to me.
minds of our gracious contributors as sparks a whole other set of sordid
That’s what this issue is all about. they think about leather. In a special notions in turn feeding a new ecosys-
Leather is a cultural touchstone for interview with inkedKenny, we get tem of creative desire.
our community, but we each have to learn what really gets his motor
CJ Brume
our own kicks. When the call for running. We also find out that Mack
San Francisco, 2018
submissions went out, I couldn’t Sturgis explores his photographic
wait to see how this global commu- fantasies with a voyeuristic accom-
nity of artists and, hopefully, perverts plice. And while Tank talks about
The Mascular Mix: Vol. 20, Leather
Brian Maier
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Colin Davis
The crunching sounds of flexed leather.
Everything flows from that.
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TOM’S WORLD
Eric Lanuit
Tom’s World is a series by photographer Eric Lanuit as a Tom of Finland’s art inspires Eric Lanuit forever and his
tribute to the wonderful artworks of Touko Laaksonen photographs pay him a warm tribute taking up all the
aka Tom of Finland (1920-1991). significant codes of his art to offer a respectful and
sensitive view.
Eric Lanuit discovered Tom of Finland’s drawings at the
age of thirteen and immediately became a huge admirer Tom’s World’s exhibition took place in Paris at La Mine
of his art and what it represents. To him he’s not only the and looks for places in Europe to be shown.
first to have shown a certain gay sexuality but also an
immense artist and a master of his art.
You can see more of Eric’s work at www.ericlanuit.com

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28 The Biker
The Blow Job 29
30 The leather Jock Strap
The Leather Suspenders 31
32 The Freemont East
The Motor Ride 33
The Helmet
34 The Micky’s
The Sailor
The Smoke 35
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IVANISM
Ivan Velez
Out of necessity, I use my comics superpowers to create diversity in

race, gender and sexual orientation. It’s the only way I can fight the
powers that kept all this good stuff away from my childhood.
Out of love, I call upon these same superpowers to help me

navigate the lack of diversity in American gay culture.
Out of choice, I choose to go global, and spread the gospel of Oso Oro.
Because bear is more than hair.
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AN HOMAGE TO TOM
Stuart Gregory
With the recent release of the movie Tom Of Finland, more people emulate his work. A handsome leather clad biker who was frequently
have been exposed to the amazing artwork created by this man. drawn in situations which seemed possible to duplicate with a
His work captured an essence of proud masculinity. But the men camera. Kake had the stance. He had that raw male sexuality. He had
represented were unapologetically gay. the leathers. He was an idealised version of a leatherman.
As a photographer, trying to create an homage to his work seemed Tom of Finland had Kake. Well I have Vince. A man who represents
impossible. Tom created elements of excess in his sketches. Huge and exudes those same masculine traits... and just wait until you
muscles, the thinnest of waists, and of course, their enormous hear him talk!!
“talents.”
But it was with his character Kake, that I found the possibility to
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MARLBORO MEN
inkedKenny
Guest editor CJ Brume sat down with inkedKenny to ask about turn- CJ: So, because a lot of the photos you were taking were of guys with
ons, motivation, romance, and what it’s like to make a career of tattoos? You’re not super inked yourself.
photographing sexy men.
inkedKenny: Some, but not lots. I’m drawn to it I guess. And the name
CJ: Why inkedKenny? Where did that name come from? just kind of stuck. It just works. I like the graphic that came out of it and
it still had my name, but not. But I was still working in fashion and I lost
inkedKenny: I was still in fashion and I started to play around with my a big client in Montreal when I pointed them to my website. And my
fetish stuff. I was art directing with shooting for that. So a graphic artist agent, my fashion agent was like, “Can you take that shit down?” I was
friend of mine said I needed a website and I’m like, well, you build me like, no, fuck you. I’m not taking my shit down. So you know what, I’ll
one then. He asked, “What do you need?” I said figure it out and you create kinkedKenny. So kinkedKenny was up for two years. Two sites, so
can just show me. So he came up with inkedKenny and it just stuck. I put my kinky stuff under the kinkedKenny. And I just thought, well this
Obviously I was always drawn to guys with tattoos. sucks so I just sort of melded it together.
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And then Kenneth Koon came around 2014 to separate my fashion pho- CJ: Would you say some of your kink needs are fulfilled through your
tography again. And then, I found a gray area because I’m like, why am photography?
I splitting these two and what is inkedKenny? What’s not inkedKenny?
Right? So, I met with Ron and he gave me some good mentorship. inkedKenny: Yeah, almost. Sometimes I’d almost rather do that
because it’s the only way I can share it, share my mind with the public
CJ: Ron Amato? without being full frontal on my own.
inkedKenny: Yeah, Ron Amato. Because he used to do that. He said CJ: Let’s rewind a little bit. How old were you when you started
“Don’t hide. Why are you hiding what you do and what you’re passion- feeling kinky?
ate about?” And then he said “The clients that have an issue with
what you do, do you want to deal with them?” I’m like, maybe not. I inkedKenny: At sixteen.
mean I already picked a tough enough genre, right?
CJ: Was there a particular experience?
CJ: It sounds like some good advice.
inkedKenny: I was already cruising bushes back then. I met this
inkedKenny: Yes. So, that’s why I haven’t posted anything Kenneth stranger, it think, five times. A cigar-smoking daddy. He always
Koon in the past two years now. I feel like everything’s just been smelled like leather, poppers and cigar. And I was always like, where
blending it all in. Fuck it. IS he? And so after the fifth time he finally took me home and just...
that was it! Just the smell of leather. A cigar. Just a man— that
CJ: Were you artistic as a kid? hyper masculine guy that he was. That I thought he was anyway,
at that age. All that stuck with me. But being in fashion, I had to
inkedKenny: My dad was a hobbyist photographer with studios in all not be that guy, I had to be a fashionista. So I would go out with my
our homes, but nope. I had access to all his Hasselblads and everything fashion people and then at 1:00 am, I’d be like, I’ve got to go now
but I wasn’t into it. And then when my dad died, I asked my mom if I and go to my kind of bars to go hook up. So it was kind of a weird
could have those? “NO!” So, photography came out of nowhere, but I closeted thing. Not that I wasn’t proud of it.
guess working with photographers for 25 years in fashion, I picked up
bits and pieces of my favorite guys that I worked with. And also picked CJ: Where were you at this time?
up parts where I don’t ever want to be a photographer like that. So I’ve
learned stuff like attention span of whoever’s in front of the camera. inkedKenny: Vancouver. And LA. My fashion friends didn’t get it.
Going to do something fast is better than dragging something on. Have They’d ask, who is that leather man? But I got it. So yeah, just I’ve
them take a break and then come back in, stuff like that. So that’s all gone through boy training. I lasted six hours.
kinds of training in that sense. I guess coming from fashion too is that
CJ: Not committed to the boy thing?
the slightest detail makes a difference in the photo for me.
inkedKenny: I can’t. I’ve never been able to relinquish control. So
CJ: So you never were a painter or into drawing?
that’s why there’s always a switch play and role play in my photos
inkedKenny: No, nothing. I took art classes. It never, nothing [became when I’m doing doubles or group shots. There’s always a very spe-
anything]. I was too busy smoking, socializing and cutting hair in high cific bottom, or a very specific top role or alpha role. Even in basic
school. That’s how it all started. My hair stuff. shots, there’s still a bit of... this is what BDSM is to me. And my fas-
cination for bearded men, too. And I’ve tried to figure out where
CJ: You mentioned you had a separate site for your kinky stuff. What is that comes from because I’ve never had facial hair. Maybe that’s
your relationship with kink and leather these days? where it’s from. I used to sit and watch my dad shave. I use his after
aftershave still. Gillette aftershave, $7. Right? Because it reminds
inkedKenny: On a personal level, it’s quieted down a lot since meet- me of that childhood [image] of that strong man. So all that, the
ing David. And not because I’m in a relationship or anything, it’s just whole beard and facial hair, it’s that hyper-masculine thing. Maybe
I’m at the point in my life where it’s more about being more connected it might be good. Probably have tunnel vision a little bit, but that’s
to somebody than just kinky play. When I first started doing this, you just my case. And I think as an artist, photographer, you have the
know, I was already playing a lot in the leather community and the ability to project that out in the world, unlike other careers. It actu-
fetish community. And when I started doing this sex was the last thing ally is like, this is me.
on my mind. I was creating scenes from my shoots and by the end of all
of that I was like, I don’t think we can fuck. I don’t want to get up and do CJ: Is it a way of expressing some of the twisted thoughts and ideas
this just because I’ve done that all day. I don’t want to do it anymore. So that are going on in your head?
it kinda slightly...
inkedKenny: Yeah. I don’t know where they come from sometimes.
CJ: It cramped your style a little bit? Sometimes as a collective—as a collective works for me because
the guys I’m shooting there, we’ll talk about it and then be like, yes,
inkedKenny: I don’t know that it cramped me because I loved it. And yes, oh my god yes! Without all of the guys I shoot, it would be
I felt fulfilled by projecting out what a scene is for me. Um, so maybe nothing.
that was the fulfillment.
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CJ: If I just said the word “leather” what images or thoughts come see a wrinkle, that texture. I want to see it wet. Put some lube on
to mind. it and make it shiny or gummy or something and worn. Every time
I shoot guys and their bringing leather I say don’t bring anything
inkedKenny: Smell. It’s always the smell of leather for me. Definitely new, don’t go buy anything new. Bring your most worn things and
the texture. And um, uh, I love the history of used vintage leather. that’s probably what I’m going to pick.
Um, I would much rather go shoot with that. Buy that myself even. I
like something being worn by another leather man and who knows CJ: If you could pick any celebrity out there to shoot who would it
what he’s done in it. You know how it gets passed on and passed be?
on and I love that. Yeah. It goes back to when I was a teenager, that
smell. It keeps going back to that heavy scent of a cigar smoke and inkedKenny: Colin Farrell. In every interview I’ve always said that
leather. because one day he’s going to see one of these interviews.
CJ: If it’s the sense of smell that you associate with leather, how do CJ: What kind of scene would you shoot with him?
you express that with something so visual as photography?
inkedKenny: I don’t know yet. He’s always exuded this hyper-
inkedKenny: Showing off the texture of leather when I’m shooting sexual presence.
it. Which is why I’m not shooting new pieces, older pieces. I want to
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CJ: I understand there’s a fella in your life now and his name is And I understand being collared and there are certainly rules. But I’m
David. How has that impacted your work? also like, I was brought up to break the rules. I know I’m not supposed
to touch your collar without asking permission, but I do. Or I’ll see sirs
inkedKenny: Professionally he’s grounded me and made me grow like Vince, and yell out, “Hey boy!” Just for fun. And that’s all it is. So
up a little bit. And I think looking back at my work now it feels a bit some people read it wrong, that I’m disrespecting the community,
more grown up. That’s the wrong analogy. It’s not sophisticated, but then why does the leather community support me? I give it to
it’s just seems a bit more clear. them, but I give it to them in a different edge. So that’s why doing
this story for Mascular Yeah, it’s leather, but you know what, I’m
CJ: I feel like I’ve seen a few more romantic images in some of your
doing it with leather belts on and leather boots. That kind of thing,
recent work.
that’s what I want to feel. “What do you want us to put on?” One
inkedKenny: Yeah, because that’s where I’m at. You know what? piece. They kept bringing out chaps. I don’t want chaps. I just want
Whenever I’ve been doing this, I was dating guys for two, three that hint.
months and then when I would break up, my shots when I was
And that’s where I’m at these days, right? I got rid of all my own
breaking up were hard core, dark, moody. And my friends that
leather. But Wescos and jeans tucked in... you’re a leather guy. That’s
knew me were like, OK, you’re not happy today or you’re in a good
my thing, I love that.
place because you’re posting this jumping beach picture. And then
the next one is moody, dark, up in the corner or something. CJ: This particular set of images is unusual, it’s in full-color. Often
your images tend to be less saturated, but you like to be pull out red
CJ: So your photography really reflects the mood you’re in?
as one of your key colors. I have always wanted to ask you, what is
inkedKenny: Yeah, absolutely. It really is of that moment. it about red?
CJ: Your current submission for Mascular is a gorgeous set of images. inkedKenny: I think it’s just in the back of my head it’s just the K in
I’m curious, looking back at them now, do you feel like there’s a nar- my logo is red so I yank that in. It’s funny you say that because if I
rative, that flows through them? Is there a story you’re trying to tell see any red in skin tone, it freaks me out. So that’s why that I do that
with those images? desaturation a little bit. Again, in this story, it works because we’re
in the desert heat, so that warmth works. So I made sure everything
inkedKenny: I don’t know what the narrative would be. On a per- came out warm. That feeling of heat.
sonal level, shooting it outside I love because I love outdoor play.
I’ve had a lot of car play in my life. I don’t know if that was in the CJ: You have something kind of exciting going on right now in
back of my mind as I was shoot it, but it’s about having the vintage Chicago. Do you want to talk about that a little bit?
cars and having the guys not in leather, but worn leather boots or
inkedKenny: Yeah, I have six-month retrospective show at the
the one leather brace on and that’s it.
Leather Archives that runs through to June seventh. With another
That’s where I’m up to these days. I don’t have to be in full leather opening IML weekend on that Saturday. And then another satellite
regalia to go to a leather event. It’s that hint of leather that the opening that weekend, as well at Men’s Room Chicago and prob-
ones in the know, know that you’re a leather guy no matter what. ably at Full Kit. At IML there will be a shuttle bus from the host hotel
So what this narrative says that to me is that these guys have that taking people to the exhibit.
hint of leather. Whether it’s cowboy or whether it’s a muir cap. It’s
For me, I think it’s a big deal to be asked to be in there. I don’t know
just that little bit without having to go full on outfit.
if you’ve ever been there, it’s... it’s quite emotional history that is
CJ: The power dynamic plays out regardless. shown there. So that’s why for me to be part of it... it’s a big thing,
for me, anyway. It might mean nothing for other people, but it’s a big
inkedKenny: Absolutely. And, I get blasted for being new school, as deal for me in that sense. They’ve been supporting me and it’s just
they call it, or that I don’t believe in old guard. I respect old guard, I a natural fit.
just believe things can change.
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ESCENA DEL CRIMEN CRIME SCENE
Fernando Bracho Bracho
El criminal, dominado por sus fantasmas, acecha a sus víctimas; las The criminal, dominated by his ghosts, stalks his victims; He kidnaps
secuestras, las desnuda, las marca, las viste, las obliga a asumir roles, them, bares them, marks them, dresses them, forces them to assume
las humilla. Las persigue para satisfacer su deseo de perpetrador. roles, humiliates them. He pursues them to satisfy his desire for
Con tortura física y mental les ocasiona la muerte, luego, con una a perpetrator. With physical and mental torture it causes death,
delicadeza aterciopelada, las envuelve como si fueran una valiosa then, with a velvety delicacy, wraps them as if they were a valuable
porcelana de la dinastía Ming para extasiarse a saboréalas. Es el porcelain from the Ming Dynasty to be ecstatic to taste them. It is
clímax de su obra, ha obtenido su trofeo. the climax of his work, he has won his trophy.
You can see more of Frnando’s work at facebook.com/FerBrachoBrachoPhotos

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HIDE OF THE BEAST
Brew Hunter
So. Why, or whence Leather? It is not only the texture and colour of (predominantly) black leather
that holds a fascination, but also that it was once the skin of a beast…
The Leather Fetish ‘Scene’ in America and Europe has a long and
intricate history. What is nowadays referred to as the mythical Leather And Man becoming Beast has been part of tribal and shamanic
‘Old Guard’ partly started with groups of homosexual men who, after practice for millennia. Rock art figures from the dawn of prehistory
World War 2, convened in motorcycle groups which re-created and have shown humans in animal hides, and even today, tribal societies
encouraged the togetherness they had first experienced in the Army, from Australian Aborigines to Native Americans to indigenous
and which was a socially acceptable, albeit rough, tough and resilient, Amazonians, Papua New Guineans and Alaskan Inuits use animal
front for their (male-to-male) activities. hides in ceremonies that take the Shaman into another ‘being’
and another ‘spirituality’, preparing with music, smoke, drugs and
Motorcycle leathers became their ‘uniform’, and variations of that mode ceremony to confront the ‘Beast’ that lurks outwith the tribe, in the
of dress still are the ‘Look’ that gay Leathermen aspire to today, and forest, in the dark … a threat and a fascination.
find sexually attractive—Langlitz jackets, Levi jeans, leather breeches,
Muir caps and tall motorcycle boots. Most famously, the art of Tom And this is where the genesis and heritage of (the most profound and
of Finland created iconic drawings, perpetuating the iconography of intense aspects of) Leather Life have their deep and intrinsic roots.
hyper-masculine men embracing that façade and mien.
Today’s buzzword in the gay fetish scene is ‘Tribe’, and this indeed
To dress like this, however, in real life, does, involve a heavy financial comes close to the kinship and fraternalism that is implied and
expenditure in order to compile a full ‘outfit’; the cost of purchasing celebrated by Leather Men. The shamanistic tribal rites of many
uniforms and boots—often bespoke—can run into hundreds and cultures celebrated deep and often-unfathomable aspects of human
thousands of pounds or dollars, and it is this fact that explain why behaviour that are sacred to man’s link to, and encounters with,
most fully-camparisoned Leathermen are of maturer years, who can the ecstatic. Rites of initiation draw upon trance, pain/pleasure,
afford this expenditure. piercing, hallucinogenics, power- and role-play and sometimes even
scatological and urological episodes.
(But the ‘Leather Look’ for younger men has always started simply—
with a pair of scuffed black boots, a leather vest (waistcoat), a leather And these experiences are an integral, forceful and spirituous
wristband, and maybe, a leather jockstrap.) component of much of the darker side of Leather play, sex and
‘slavery.’ Aggression, humility, transformation.
The ‘Old Guard’ was a modus vivendi for sexually active homosexual
men that involved club camaraderie, and the mentorship of younger It is the acknowledgement, embracing and subsequent breaking of
men into the Leather lifestyle and the sexual play that accompanied many of society’s sexual taboos that recognises and then accedes to
most of it; much of the time involving BDSM—bondage/discipline/ the psychological link to the animal instincts within mans’ psyche.
sado/masochism—along with the hard-playing accoutrements of
ropes, chains, floggers, whips, and the pluses of ‘power play’, ‘slavery’ Ceremony and ritual play an important part in Leather spaces,
and ‘watersports’. Leather ‘cruising’ and in setting-up a sex and/or BDSM scene. And, as
in ceremonies inducting and initiating young men into adulthood and
And it is this element of BDSM that mainly accompanies society’s into tribal secret societies, utter commitment is required by any true
image of The Leatherman and his sexual proclivities up to this day. Leather player/initiate, as he bares his soul and body to the territory,
stalking grounds and spirituality of ‘tribal’ ownership and acceptance,
But why Leather, in particular? In this day and age, other ‘coverings’ with the symbolic use of dominance and submission.
are becoming more and more popular in the gay (and straight)
fetish world—rubber, pup, furry, lycra… but Leather remains the Like the shaman, we reconcile our human and our animal natures, and
absolute and archetypal fetish of hyper-masculinity and hard-playing reach out—and into—a vision of the darkest sexual part of our souls.
sexuality, remaining inexorably intertwined, both in imagination
and in reality, with the dark shadows and dangerous underworld of Barbaric and debauched as it may considered by society to be, Leather
sadomasochism. is the skin of that Beast. But utterly human.
Brew Hunter reignited the London Leather Scene with his now infamous club night, MASTERY. His business projects take him travelling worldwide, and his interests
include Old Guard mentorship, the history, experience and indulgence of Leather BDSM, collecting vintage cigar memorabilia, and enjoying gym time. His other
London Fetish club nights include RUBBRD, SMOKEHOUSE and BONER (for pups and K9s); 2018 sees the inauguration of his LLCC - the London Leather Cigar Club.
Brew Hunter is also known for his ‘Masteryclasses’ at Pride and Fetish events, which include ‘FLOG IT!’ and ‘SLEAZE & SERVICE’.
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EAGLE NYC COLLECTION

Brett Schmidt
These pieces represent leather themed work created after 2013 for the Eagle NYC. Schmidt
joined the Manskins crew to sell their unique leather gear, official Eagle NYC merchandise,
and his original artwork at Mid Atlantic Leather and International Mr. Leather. The experience
of being present at leather shows and listening to people define their fetish enhanced his
understanding of who is viewing his art.
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MACK AND CHAD DO LEATHER

Mack Sturgis & Chad Newlon
Obviously inspired by classic leather man images and vintage porn, while I am working with models. It is always fascinating for me
this collections features Sirs, Boys and Pups wearing a range of to see how he comes away with images that are just as sexy and
leather from pieces brought in by the men we photographed, flea classic, but with his own perspective of the shoot. We thought it
market and junk store finds, and pieces from our own collection of would be interesting to feature some of the work together to share
leather. This collection features both my own images and images both angles of our collaborations.
created by my husband, @chadnewlon, who shoots simultaneously
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SPORTS MILITIA
Sneaker kink art made for a vexed generation of fuckers and fighters
Vincent Keith
I shot this series as part of a broader project to feature the amazing sculptural textiles created by a very
talented designer, artist and phenomenon based in London. I’ve tried to capture the edgy urban sexual
energy that these unique pieces convey. I love the up-cycling nature of the Sports Militia project principally
because it achieves purpose—it creates a new language of identity and aesthetics by repurposing and
expanding the potential of used, everyday sportswear.
Sports Militia harks back to our ancient need to adorn ourselves—generally for war or conflict. Or sex. Sports
Militia is utterly modern in that it reflects today’s obsession with brands and sports-chic. It’s futuristic,
because it gives us a glimpse into how, in years to come, art and design will be deconstructed, fused and
repurposed. Sports Militia also brings to mind a recurrent theme in post-apocalyptic sci-fi—individuals
cementing their identities through repurposing the materials that are at hand.
For me, though, Sports Militia is a modern form of armor. In a world that has gone to hell, and where
existence is fragile, clothing isn’t enough. The mask (helmet), shoulder pads and jock are the protective
under-garments sportsmen wear in contact sports. These undergarments have been sexualised ever
since a fit man put on a jockstrap. The line between sports and sex is a thin one indeed. Sports, war, sex
have always been brothers. Sports Militia occupies its own arena. It’s earthy, gritty and urban. It’s about
movement, virility and energy.
As it turns out, you don’t need an apocalypse to create something new. You can turn to the elements that
form your world and give them new life. Sports Militia is a creative response to our need to display and
confront. It’s a thrusting motion towards anything and anyone you wish to confront. I asked the creator
of the Sports Militia project how he would describe it. He said its “a self contained project.” He went on to
say “Sports Militia, sneaker kink art made for a vexed generation of fuckers and fighters.” I hope my images
come close to reflecting that.
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POWER AND SUBMISSION

Joe Mazza
These are themes that have found their way into my work for a long For any photo shoot, the photographer is only as good as the team
time. As an artist, I’m particularly drawn to these dynamics with he works with. I was fortunate to be commissioned by MISTER S
men. There is something especially visceral when they’re applied LEATHER to shoot this series last year. Mister S custom makes their
to masculine societal norms. This shoot was meant to tell a story leather gear, in fact, much of what the models are wearing was
about a boy’s journey into those themes and how far he was willing hand made in their San Francisco facility. They were instrumental
to go to explore them. in bringing these images to life.
Photography by Joe Mazza – www.joemazzaphoto.com

Produced by Santiago Salsido
Wardrobe and Styling by Mister S Leather, San Francisco – www. mr-s-leather.com
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HOMINIS UNIFORMIS
Ross Watson
My art practice has often focused on the depiction of the male form, inspiration by travelling and visiting museums and galleries though-
often in somewhat surreal settings. My compositions, like cooking, out the world and take a lot of satisfaction in referencing old masters
draw together different ingredients with the purpose of creating in my own art. By introducing contemporary elements into the
a dreamscape or imagined reality. I am attracted to painting well- classical reference, I can explore issues relevant to a contemporary
built men who embody masculinity, and due to this, leather, military audience. Leather is an important part of my life and sexuality and
and the surf culture feature heavily in my work. I also draw a lot of it’s only natural that this aesthetic extends into my artworks.
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INTERNATIONAL MR. LEATHER 2017
Ralph Bruneau
The first gay bar I entered was the legendary Mineshaft in NYC in the I will have traveled over 100,000 miles in my title year going to various
1970’s. I was 22. It was in the meat packing district of Manhattan. events around the world as IML 39. I have traveled to Nice as they
It was as if I was entering another world. On one of the first occasions elected their first leather titleholder and I have been to places like
I was there, an older man (30ish) gave me the nod. I went over to San Francisco who have had contestants at IML from the first event
him, we kissed, he leaned into my ear and told me to strip, I did, 40 years ago. What I have seen is a vast array of leather, self, and
he tied my cock and balls with hemp, and led me to his friends. I sexual expression. What connects us, though, is much greater than
knew I had found my tribe. There was no posing, no game playing, that which distinguishes us. Puppy, pisser, fister, poly, monogamous,
no false modesty. These men owned their outsider status. They were bi, we are all players. We are outlaws, we are outliers, and in that we
sexual outlaws. I continued to go to the Mineshaft for sex, for have found each other and created community.
companionship, for brotherhood, until I left Manhattan in the mid-
eighties when my comrades began to succumb to the dying times. There is much talk about apps like Grinder, Recon, Scruff signaling
For the last few decades, I’ve been on the West Coast since and my the end of our community’s collective engagement. There are those
relationship with the leather and BDSM communities has gone from who talk about the leather community’s Facebook presence as the
background to foreground again. essence of our tribe. I don’t agree. I have traveled all over the world
and although, yes, there have been places like the Hoist in London
Last May, over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago, I was named and the 501 in Indianapolis, that have closed, I still read the vital
International Mr. Leather 2017. I am the 39th man to have the title signs of a communal life. I’ve talked to men who have traveled across
of IML. I competed at IML as Mr. GNI Leather 2016. Gay Naturists state lines to interact, across borders to connect and play. There is
International is the largest naturist organization in the world. I had no online experience that can parallel the tribal experience of IML,
attended several times and enjoyed the freedom and the self MAL, CLAW, Folsom or Folsom Europe, or Leatherpride Belgium.
expressive play I found there much as the life I had found earlier in These are the experiences that I crave. Men coming together to
my life at leather bars end events. There is a strong leather presence share lives, selves, and bodily fluids with each other. No one leaves
at GNI even though we are naked save for Wescos, cockring, harness these communal celebrations unchanged. It’s how I’ve learned
and, in my case, a Muir. about BDSM, about other forms of sexual expressions, other bodies
and desires. I have been touched, literally and figuratively, by men all
Leather is who I am, it’s how I play, as much as what I wear. As a over the world and my life has been made all the richer for it.
younger man I cruised the docks, the trucks, the nude beaches on
Fire Island, the bars and clubs in 501’s, a white tee (or not) and As my IML year comes near an end, I’d like you all to know that I’m
a motorcycle jacket. What I wore told you who I was and what I grateful for your warm embrace, and I carry all of you, those who have
wanted. It still does, whether I am in full dress leathers with sash, played a large part and those who’ve played a smaller one, in my
medallion and title vest, or in a jock and boots. I still flag (signal) heart as well as in the fabric and stitching of my leathers.
who I am and what I want. Black hankie on the left. I can also flag
herringbone, yellow, navy, red etc. but the black signals that I am an
SM player and whatever I do, I play hard.
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IN THE LIGHT OF DAY

CJ Brume
It’s one thing to indulge your desires in a shadowy corner of a bar at midnight. It’s quite another to brazenly
cruise for trouble in broad daylight. A man comfortable in his leathers regardless of the time of day has an
extra sexy swagger that is hard to resist.
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DUM SPIRO SPERO

Photos by Ulli Richter, Text by Patrick Maggin
We say we don’t, yet we all do: moments pass us, taken for granted, my connection to my community. I succumbed to mental illness and
covered in dusty sheets of memory, locked behind doors that may be fought my way out the other side stronger for it. And then there are
opened at a later date. These are the magical moments in our lives these powerful images. My tether. My constant.
that languish in the subliminal, awaiting the possibility of a gentle
watering to flower and bloom anew. I had moments such as these. Ulli is someone I met by happenstance and who became a dear and
trusted friend. He’s that rare breed of Photographer: adaptable,
I experienced a deep love and connection and allowed it to slip yet someone who realizes the power and intensity of a moment
through my fingers, not truly understanding at the time just how and allows it the room to breathe and manifest itself. Ulli captured
rare and special it was. Thankfully, someone captured it for me so something raw, unfettered and ultimately beautiful that day in 2005.
years later I could finally recognize and appreciate how numinous it
actually was. I look back on these photos with such pride - pride in knowing that
not only was the deep connection between myself and Master
In the 13 years since these photos were taken, much has transpired: Phil captured in its purest essence, but also pride in knowing I was
I grew. I suffered. I travelled. I found love again. I was collared and experiencing something so few get the opportunity to do so.
Owned by another great Man who showed me things I could have
never imagined and gave me the rare opportunity to truly live and Despite where life has taken me since, knowing I have this moment
cultivate my submission 24/7. captured in such a way means everything to me. Now when I look
back, I can smile. I am humbled and I am grateful.
I experienced death and the emotional fallout that is grief. I watched
everything I had worked towards and sacrificed for slowly crumble
away when the support I so desperately needed wasn’t there. I lost
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TOUCHES OF LEATHER
Joe LaMattina
Creating ART on a daily basis has provided me with a prolific portfolio

that ranges in subject matter. In reviewing the criteria for the “Leather”
theme, I noticed that I had ten pieces that , although all leather in theme,
ranged from subtle to fetish. As a gay man, I love to paint men, but, also
love to interpret the female form. Hopefully, the element of Humor and
the recognition of Social Issues also resonate through some of my pieces.
All of my work is a combination of mixed media on canvas.
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MY HERO’S NAME IS DADDY

Randy Addison
In the cult of Leather and Masculinity, the pleasure/pain

principle manifests itself most perfectly when delivered
by a Father Figure. Ultimately, he is our Hero.
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A LIGHTHEARTED APPROACH TO LEATHER & LIFE

Scott Brooks
My work reflects aspects of my life as a gay man, including the The work here was done over the last decade or so. While only a few
leather community. Shortly after relocating to Baltimore in 2016, are directly leather related, it’s part of what I see around me and
the new and improved Baltimore Eagle reopened after several ultimately shows up in my work. I also use my friends as models,
years. It’s right up the street from my studio so my partner and I and that comes through in my work as well.
stop in when we can. While I’m not in the personally involved I have
many friends that are. I tend to infuse humor in my work as well, it serves to diffuse the
dark side and allows it to be more approachable to a wider audience.
One of the great things I found after moving here was a gay life
drawing group. It’s a core of about 11 gay men, and a rotating cast I refer to my work as “figurative art,” and the themes mirror what I
of models, many of which are in the leather community. It’s a fun see around me, my friends, the current political scene, and also my
group, I’m lucky to have found it. I was also invited to curate the personal life.
first Pride show in the Eagle Gallery last June, featuring several
guys from the group.
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COIT
Ryan Coit
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LEATHER 2018
Rick Castro
Since the granddaddy of leather publications- drummer Bean- “if you would send us anything, we would consider
magazine, I have created bdsml images. Way back in it an honor to publish.”
1988 i sent a package of my first photos to drummer. I got
back a handwritten rejection letter stating- “although Boy how times have changed, as has the leather lifestyle.
hot, your images are too arty for us.” I present my view of Leathermen 2018- all ages, all ethnic
backgrounds; Tops, bottoms & sideways. Leathermen
Two years later i received another handwritten letter will continue to reinvent themselves. I will continue to
from drummer. This time from the new editor- Joseph create images.
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DE CUIR ET DE DAIM OF LEATHER AND SUEDE

David Gregham
On m’a récemment proposé de présenter quelques-unes de mes I’ve recently had the honor and been asked to display some of my
œuvres photographiques dans ce très artistique “e-zine”. Je n’ai pas work in this very artistic e-zine! I wasn’t per se inspired by the
été emballé par le thème “cuir” au début. Je n’ai jamais aimé les leather theme at first. I’ve never been into leather chaps, BDSM
accessoires en cuir noir, les harnais, les bottes, bref, tout l’attirail and black leather caps of sorts… But I mean, NOT at ALL! However,
BDSM, mais alors PAS du TOUT! En revanche, j’aime passionnément I am staunchly into dark and brown skins… You could see that as
les peaux sombres et cuivrées… On pourrait dire que c’est une sorte a sort of leather, of the finest and smoothest kind! Then, to push
de cuir, mais de la meilleure et de la plus douce qualité qui soit! Et, it a bit further, I chose pictures of a few years back, that all have
pour pousser un peu plus loin, je suis allé chercher dans des photos one subtle trait in common. The (very challenging) game is to find
d’il y a quelques années, toutes liées par un subtil detail, le jeu étant which one, of course!
bien sûr de le trouver (level: very HIGH)!
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THE VINTAGE TOUCH

Sebastian Vicuña
Todas las imágenes las hice especialmente para la revista, esta I made all the images especially for the magazine, it is clearly influenced
claramente influenciado en “Tom of Finlandia” ya que es uno de los in “Tom of Finland” since he is one of the greatest gay leather illustrators
ilustradores gay leather mas grandes del mundo y en lo personal amo in the world and personally I love his drawings, male, well-endowed
sus dibujos, hombres masculinos, bien dotados y eróticos, pero trate and erotic men, but try to give it a more contemporary style, with more
de darle un estilo mas contemporáneo, con colores mas iluminados y illuminated and bright colors, but without losing the vintage touch that
brillantes, pero sin perder el toque vintage que usa el arte leather. leather art uses.
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PORTRAITS IN HOMES
Trevor Ott
The Voyeur, the observer, always looking in, but instead confronted and met with the subjects gaze. The
subjects engaging not in sexual activities but mundane or neutral poses. I always think about light in my
photographs, the way it plays with the subjects and the way the subjects play with it. I wanted to use day
light as a conduit to help bridge leather and the sensual nature of portraiture, the hard edge of leather and
the soft aspects of a domestic home. Leather doesn’t just live in the dark for me.
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SEGUNDA PIEL
Alejandro Caspe
Mas allá de estereotipos y clichés, un hombre vestido de cuero, representa para mi, las masculinidad
pura, ese aspecto agresivo que se suele esconder debajo de las prendas de ropa de algodón y que
nadie logra identificar. Un arnés, unas botas o una chamarra de cuero, son prendas que consiguen
arrancarle a cualquiera su timidez y sus prejuicios. La primera piel es la que habitamos la mayoría y que
mostramos al mundo entero, la segunda piel es la que te permite tener alas y volar.
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BAR NIGHT
Li Su
In this series, I try to capture the dynamics of leather men:

their interaction with each other and with the environment.
On the technical side, it’s an attempt to use

complex composition and saturated colors.
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SHAUN
Bill Pusztai
Look, I’m standing naked before you

Don’t you want more than my sex?
I can scream as loud as your last one
But I can’t claim innocence
(Leather, Tori Amos)
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REY REY’S MEN OF LEATHER

Rey Rey
I’ve been shooting portraits of men for almost a decade now

and love working with them in all their shapes and forms.
Shooting men in leather is always exciting as it brings out an

exaggerated masculinity and often gives the model a grander
sense of confidence that shines through in the final image.
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HOT DRAW
William Cricket Ulrich
The dirty stepsister to Gay Men’s Sketch in San Francisco is Hot Draw, porn but I made significant changes. Originally I painted the guy’s face,
an erotic, fetish night of drawing.The drawings here have really but for some reason I added the mask and made him more anonymous.
never been seen before. They’ve been hiding in s stack at my studio. I really spent some time on the leather jacket, because I wanted you to
Frustrated with polite straight society, these have demanded to be feel like you could smell it. I do enjoy the smell of leather.
seen in 2018. The men I’ve drawn were all from the Bay Area and shared
their fetish with me and the other guys in the group. I experimented I did a show in San Francisco at a gay bar/restaurant. I was told by the
with different drawing media over the years, but pen & ink remains a guy who gave me the show that he liked dirty/edgy and I provided
favorite. that show with male nudes. It was up five days and the staff loved it.
Some “Christian” lady complained because she saw penises and they
I was told the basic start to any fetish gear is a good pair of boots. At took my work down. I had to put up a tame show in its place. I just got
Hot Draw, I enjoyed drawing boots most of all - especially when there’s a show at a gay bar in Oakland and was told the management prefers
a hot man in them. no male nudes. Instagram seems to be the only place I can show this
type of work. You can follow me @williamcricket. Why are people so
The painting I did had also been hidden for a long time. It sustained afraid of dicks?
some damage and I was able to restore it. It’s inspired by a guy from
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ROUGH EDGES
Tank
For me, nothing defines masculinity more than a man dressed in costume; it’s a frame of mind. It changes you. It changes who you are,
leather. It epitomizes rugged, raw maleness while bringing to the how you interact with those around you and brings to the surface a
surface, the inherent animal in us all. side of you that for many, is unfamiliar.
These men, from varying walks of life, different economic brackets, are Embrace the darkness within you. Relish the rough side of yourself that
equalized simply by what they are wearing. But leather is more than a yearns to rush to the surface. Be the man, be the LeatherMan!
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BOUND UP
Chris Laughery
Favorite leather turn-ons: My first arm band. My boots. My favorite harness. The
smell and weight of it. Being bound by it. The first time I ever attached that harness
to a cock ring and fucked. The way my naked skin feels against a tight leather jock.
The way a pair of chaps can grasp my bare ass and frame my exposed balls.
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KISCH LEATHER
Aurelio Monge
Quan veig tot el que la subcultura “leather” ha donat de sí des When I see everything that the leather subculture has given of
de Tom of Finland fins els nostres dies, no puc evitar comparar itself from Tom of Finland to our days, I can not avoid comparing
aquesta estètica assumida pel col·lectiu gai amb el que em trobo this aesthetic assumed by the gay collective with what I see when
a l’entrar a una església o museu i observo la imagineria religiosa I enter a church or a museum and observe all the kitsch Christian
cristiana kitsh amb els seus sants màrtirs, verges sumises i cristos religious imagery with its holy martyrs, submissive virgins and half-
semidespullats torturats. naked tortured Christs.
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A KIND OF ABSENCE
Dirk H. Wilms
I remember very well the carefree days in my life, when I awoke I decided to start documenting my life, my fears and my physical
shortly after the sunrise, to catch some new moods with my camera decline as an art form in itself. So I began shooting myself. Susan
on the beaches of the North Sea. I loved those days there by the sea, Sontag once said, that the world is a range of potential shots. And
running barefoot through the sands, feeling the warmth and the in my new world there were the rooms in which I lived. I was able to
easiness. I loved to be outside in nature, and to be by the sea in photograph and stay at home at the same time. I became the range
particular. Even as a child I felt this strong affinity with the sea. It of potential shots.
was a perfect life, it was my perfect life, and it should never end.
Because the first traces left by this virus were to be seen in my
But everything changed in the winter of the year 2001 with my HIV face, the idea was to cover my face on most of the photos. I do that
diagnosis. After this everything was different. Nothing remained mostly even today, I’m still afraid of not being loved, because I wear
as it was. From the beginning I thought it would be better to be AIDS in my face. When I take my images I forget the time of day and
honest about the infection by not lying to my friends and family. all of my problems. It is as if I‘m in another dimension, as if I’m back
That was a big mistake. Since the beginning of time people do not by the sea, running barefoot through the sand and catching moods
want to tolerate the truth. So most of my friends left me because with my camera. The difference is that I do not photograph beach
they were afraid of me. Me, the Monster with the deathly virus. scenes but my body, as it is today.
(Later I realized that they were not afraid but rather very ignorant.)
I didn’t get any more photography assignments, because my For me, photography is not the camera (anyway I’m not interested
customers would not take the risk. (Later I realized that they were in the technology and its infinite possibilities). To me photography
not risk averters, but they also were rather very ignorant.) So the means to breathe life and to express myself. Photography helps me
first years after this cold season I barely left my house. I was afraid to make my fears, my depressions and my nightmares visible to those
to go out for almost four years. I thought anyone and everyone who who care to see. I think, through photography I have learned to deal
sees me would know immediately that I carry the virus inside me. with my disease and to accept it with all its facets because I chose
The palish monster decided to stay at home. it deliberately to let it be the core of my artistic work. I have given
myself the order to accompany the camera until the end. A task that
But I did not want to be forgotten. I wanted people to know after will keep me busy for quite a while. Would someone ask me today
my death that I had been in this world. As I love art in any form, whether art can save lives, I would answer, for me most definitely.
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LIFE DRAWING
Miguel Angel Reyes
Whenever I draw a model, I ask them to wear whatever they like, as long as its
very little or nothing at all. These are a few of my subjects who chose to be
drawn in Leather, including Mr. Leather 2014 Eric Paul Leue. These drawings are
done in a combination of a live sitting and photo reference of the poses. My
materials vary from each set of drawing, these are in variations of color pencil,
watercolor, and marker.
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LEATHER PORTRAITS
Robert Siegelman
Robert Siegelman takes photographs of men that are introspective These Leather Portraits are culled primarily from my recent studio
and tender. They are sensual and sexual portriats. I depict how the work. They are intimate pictures of friends, as well as photographs
models, the artist, and how people in general live in, and navigate, about identity. They are about these individuals’ connections to
the everyday drama of facing themselves, while looking at, and leather, sexuality and self.
finding themselves as sexual beings.
My work is an expression of my queer identity. I seek to look at,

and create from the shifting grounds of its many complications and
changing facets.
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DOM BARBUDO – FETICHISTA 031
Alexandre Lisboa Lago
Dom Barbudo defines himself as a Leather Man since for him leather Dom Barbudo is a Dominant Top, and besides having a well
is his passion and his second skin. He was selected as the first equipped dungeon, he also has a website which records his more
Brazilian Mr. Leather in the 2017 competition, which guaranteed his than 500 BDSM sessions with more than 350 partners. This
participation in the International Mr. Leather contest which took BDSM session was with partner number 031. His name is Edison,
place in Chicago/USA and where he was among the finalists. This an international model who lives in Germany and has had five
was a great honor for him and for his country. sessions with Dom Barbudo.
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TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE
Xavier Vazquez Solano
My fetishes are my models. Through them I try to show what is inside me mixed with what each of them
brings me. The result almost always works and creates an image that they say has created a personal style
without needing to see my watermark as XVS
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CONTRIBUTORS
William Cricket Ulrich - After college

in Ohio, a three month study of paint-
ing, drawing and art history in Paris,
France made me determined to be an
artist. After Paris, I moved to San Fran-
cisco. 1998 finds me with two pieces
in the collection of the Museu de
L’Erotica (Barcelona, Spain). My work is
initially fueled by depression; making
something beautiful of my shadows.
Living with schizophrenia, I’m drawn
to dark, rich colors that run through
my work. I create work from a gay
Alexandre Lisboa Llago - 46 years, Bra-
point of view, which needs a voice now
zil Alexandre is a photographer origi-
Alexandres Lisboa Lago - 46 years, Bill Pusztai - Bill Pusztai is a portrait, more than ever. San Francisco remains
nally from Belém do Pará (Amazon
Brazil. Alexandre is a photographer fine art and botanical photographer a place I show work, though I now live
region, northern Brazil) and now liv-
originally from Belém do Pará (Amazon working in Vancouver, Canada. Please in Oakland. I have an art studio with
ing in Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, he began
region, northern Brazil) and now living visit billpusztai.com for more info. Firehouse Art Company in Berkeley,
studying photography at the Atêlie da
in Rio de Janeiro. In 2012, he began California.
Imagem in Rio. In 2016, he published
studying photography at the Atêlie da the photo book “… because I like Map-
Imagem in Rio. In 2016, he published plethorpe”.
the photo book “… because I like
Mapplethorpe”.
Alejandro Caspe - Born in Tijuana

Brett A. Schmidt - born in Houston, CJ Brume - CJ Brume is a creative
BC in 1974 and in 1992 started in
Texas, began drawing at a young age. director and photographer living
photography. From childhood he was
Having discovered comics in his teens, in San Francisco. He has worked
attracted by the nudity in advertising
Schmidt began to draw inspiration in the field of design for nearly 20
models and as continuing a childish
Fernando Bracho Bracho - Freelance Ven- from the sequential art. After art years, bringing a graphic eye to his
game, moved that morbid early
ezuelan journalist. Film photographer. He has school, Schmidt moved to New York compositions.
been part of the National Journalism Award. consolidating his artistic work, at
City in hopes of finding a digital
The Order of Artistic Merit was conferred by maturity, aesthetic and expressive
studio job. Though discouraged in his
the University of Zulia. In 2007 he won the universe that identifies his work.
job search, Schmidt used his finely
Grand Prize at the Visual Arts Biennial of the This led to a creative look that has
city of Coro. Has participated in numerous honed skills to create and produce
conceptualized a disturbing personal
exhibitions in his country and abroad. He has Demon Pack, his own line of t-shirts.
eroticism that, far from anchoring
more than a dozen books where they have In 2007, the Eagle NYC, took notice of
published his work.
pornography is a legitimate original
their patrons wearing early runs of
and bold artistic statement.
his Demon Pack shirts in the bar and
commissioned Schmidt to produce
custom t-shirt designs for their
leather bar. Schmidt’s t-shirt designs
were such a success that his role with
the Eagle NYC expanded, producing
artwork and designs for many of their
events.
Colin Davis - Photographer/Producer
Li Su - Born and raised in China, Li Su

developed an interest in photography Chris Laughery - Photography for me is
at an early age. He started as a hob- about capturing reality. I try not to process
byist in landscape photography. Li my images beyond the standard exposure,
Su moved to the US in 2005 and re- contrast, and highlights that bring out the
sides in Atlanta, where he found his subject, but it’s an art and each of us see
focus in male portrait and figure. His things differently. My photography is how
cross-cultural experiences gives him I show my version of the world to others.
a unique perspective and makes his
work distinguishable by uncovering
the subtlety of emotion.
CONTRIBUTORS
David Gregham - A lover of male Eric Lanuit – Born in Paris in 1965, Eric
beauty and Nature, I am a French Lanuit has always been interested
photographer living in Paris, and in image, fashion, and photography.
making my first ever contribution After 15 years as the head of com-
to Mascular. I have been doing nude munications and press relations for
photography for more than 14 years. I various haute couture houses, includ-
strive to bring beauty to the viewers, ing Givenchy with John Galliano and
a comfortable feeling. I work mostly Alexander McQueen, he decided to
with men of hues, colors beautiful. change his direction, and in 2003 he
I am fascinated with dark muscular began working with the famous Pari-
toned bodies. I specialized in great sian cabaret the Lido. At the Lido the
wild nature scenes, though some- spectacle of what happens onstage
times I’ll make a few shoots indoors… and backstage revived his original
interest in photography. Eric Lanuit is
now based in Lyon, France, and focus- inkedKenny - His inspirations come Joe LaMattina - For thirty- ve nears, I
es on his photography artwork which from a legacy of influences and was employed as an art educator with
appears in numerous American and relationships. A lifetime of leaving the Hackensack Public School System
European magazines. He regularly a mark on people and faces has in New Jersey, USA. Loving my job as
shows his artworks in Paris, Lyon and now transitioned to imagery. He teacher and mentor, I spent those
Los Angeles. challenges his subjects to be aware years and most of my energy inspiring
of their confidence, passions and young artists ages five to eighteen. It
desires, putting them in the center of was an amazing experience. Retired
their own exhibition and finding no since 2010, I decided to continue my
excuses when that hunger is realised, journey with a shift, which allows
bringing the subject to a whole other me more time to focus in integrating
level.. my studio time, gallery shows, and
private teaching. Since then I have
Dirk H. Wilms - born in 1966, is a been exhibiting my work at various
German photographer and visual venous around the world. I was
artist. After his education in 1985 formally represented by Agora Gallery
he was used to photograph nature in NYC. My work is divided into three
and beaches of the North Sea, but categories that I have named, “Human
in 2001 he faced the prospect of a Essence”, “representational”, and
reduced life span and decided to “Abstract/Organic”. Most pieces are
start documenting his life with HIV Aurelio Monge - I was Andalusia mixed media.
and AIDS as an art form in itself. (Spain, 1971) and my first contact with
To create his intimate black and the photography art was at 18 years
white photographs, Wilms always old. I focus my work on the human fig-
shoots alone in his studio, assuming ure, especially the male body, not only
roles as his own model, assistant as the study of it, and starting from
and photographer. His detailed, the ideal representation of the nude
classic beauty; sometimes Apollonian, Joe Mazza -Joe has spent much of
sometimes sexually explicit images
as well as sometimes Dionysian; from his life either in front of or behind a
invites the viewer to bring his or
the corporeal to the essential and camera. Originally from Los Angeles,
her own response of excitement or
linked with the sense of beauty, as a it was over twenty yearsago that Joe
disgust. His work has been published
necessity of my sensible reality, and found his way to San Francisco as
in numerous publications, both
only reachable through the harmony, a freelance photographer. Having
printed and online, and can be found
balance and proportion. From my been an actor for the better part of
in private and commercial collections
point of view, the nudity art-expres- 20 years, he learned the importance
throughout the world. His latest solo
sion transcends the merely erotic field of lighting and composition to cre-
exhibition “A Kind Of Absence” 2015 in Ivan Velez - Born in the South Bronx,
in order to search the form’s domain ate emotion in his images. Joe’s work
Germany, gained the attention of both Ivan Velez has used cartooning to
and the light’s strength. It explains as photographer includes; shooting
the public and the media. He currently help create social change for over 40
why at the same time, I also conceive the opening montage for the critical-
resides in Mülheim, Germany, with years. ‘Tales of the Closet’ was one
a desert landscape as an Apollonian ly acclaimed Netflix series SENSE8,
husband Martin and stubborn dog of the first publicly distributed in-
nude expression, or see a sea-wave Commercial and editorial work for
Kolja terventions for LGBT youth. Starting
blast as pure Dionysiatic manifesta- dozens of bay area businesses, pho-
his pro comics career at the multi-
tion. tographer for American Idol, and the
cultural MILESTONE, he wrote sev-
photographer for both the Buddies
eral mainstream comics series and
with Benefits Calendar and Bare
helped install diversity of color, gen-
Chest Calendars benefiting AIDSE-
der and orientation. Ivan’s work has
MERGENCY FUND. His work has also
also been included in several award-
been featured in a number of maga-
winning comic anthologies. His OSO
zines and on-line publications like
ORO bear art drawing events are
Mascular.
held in 6 countries and counting.
Ivan is also a teaching artist for New
York libraries and museums, and is
proud to be the creator of The Bal-
lad of Wham Kabam, a comic series
funded by the 2015 Creative Capital
Visual Arts grant.
CONTRIBUTORS
Miguel Angel Reyes - Miguel Angel

Reyes is a graduate of Otis College
of Art and Design and is currently
teaches at various locations. Miguel is
the current Moderator of the Drawing
Sessions at the Tom of Finland
Foundation in Los Angeles. Best know
to be a Voyeur and a documentarian of
Los Angeles Gay nightlife.
John C. Fry - San Francisco Bay Area Rick Castro - photographer, Ross Watson - Ross Watson is a
photographer specializing in the hu- filmmaker, curator, writer and Melbourne based artist who has
man physique. My work encompass- blogger lives in Los Angeles since exhibited in over 30 solo exhibitions,
es the erotic nature and sensuality of birth, Rick co-directed and wrote including London, Berlin, Cologne
the male form in its many stages of the cult-classic film Hustler White, and Toronto, since 1984. His art has
glory whether clothed or vulnerable. (1996) and directed & co-produced been included in important surveys
I am drawn to those that embody the documentary Plushies & Furries of Australian and international
self-confidence and being comfort- for MTV, (2001). Rick has two books contemporary art at the National
able in one’s own skin. My work of his photography- Castro, (1990) Gallery of Australia, the National
has been published in the premier Randy Addison - Randy Addison got his and 13 Years of Bondage, (2004). Rick Gallery of Victoria, and in the Toronto
issue of Mascular Magazine, “Mein MFA in Illustration in 1990 from SCAD has created editorial for Christian and Melbourne International Art Fairs.
schwules Auge/My Gay Gaze 11,” and has had various creative careers Dior Homme, Cartier and Channel.
Huffington Post and coming soon to over the years, from mannequin He shoots on a regular bases for Rick
The Advocate. painter to master barber. Originally Owens. Rick has created portraits
a draftsman with e is currently a for Gore Vidal, Peter Berlin, Kenneth
working fine art photographer, Anger, and the 14th Dalai Lama. Rick’s
specializing in portraits. His favorite work is archived at the Alfred Kinsey
thing? Showing someone something Institute,(Bloomington, IN) the Tom
about himself he’s never seen before. of Finland Foundation, (Echo Park ,
He calls Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale CA) the Leather Museum, (Chicago,
home. IL) and the Leslie-Lohman Museum,
NYC. Rick’s films are archived at the
Legacy Project, (UCLA, Westwood,
CA) His goal for 2018- work,
romance, reinvention, recreation and
restitution. not necessarily in that
order. Robert Siegelman – I work in
photography and drawing, as well
as artist books and installation art. I
Mack Sturgis - Raised in small town
teach at the School of the Museum of
TX and educated in private Catholic
Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston
school followed by Baptist university,
(USA). I lead frequent workshops and
my work as Mack Sturgis is a release
work with artists privately. My work
to explore the dark side in a creative,
is in many important collections
visual way...a vision kept suppressed
including the Boston Public Library,
during my years of development as a
MIT, The Harvard University Art
young man. It is my attempt to cap-
Museums, The DeCordova Museum,
ture hyper-masculine images in an Rey Rey Cervantes - A picture made by The Leslie + Lohman Museum of
artful, epic way. Rey Rey is one that tells a unique story. Gay and Lesbian Art in New York
As an artist, his passion, kindness and City, and the Museum of Fine Arts in
easy going nature make people feel Boston. My work has been exhibited
relaxed and comfortable in front of and published internationally. I am
his lens. This allows him to capture the Ryan James Coit - For the past included in the book “100 Boston
purest essence and true personality of several years, Ryan Coit’s life and Artists” by Chawky Frenn, and “Self
his subjects. photography has been influenced Portraits by Others” organized by
by his involvement in the LGBT Hunter O’Hanian.
Community. Internationally recognized
for presenting images that capture
the beauty in all types of individuals
expressing their sexuality and
identity. Coit’s work takes on the
scent of leather and sweat - The
innate beauty of desire, of sex.
CONTRIBUTORS
Trevor Ott - born in Los Angeles 1988,

has worked and lived in LA his whole
life. Recent graduate from UCLA with a
BFA, while getting to study with artists
like Catherine Opie. Has been in many
juried exhibition with some notable
judged by curators from LACMA and
MOCA.
Scott Brooks - Scott G Brooks lives Stuart Spinks - photographer, Xavier Vazquez Solano - photographer
and works in Baltimore, MD. His filmmaker, curator, writer and early from 1992 in Gomis & Watson
paintings are figurative, and range blogger lives in Los Angeles since Studio based in Los Angeles. Make
from simple portraiture to intricate birth, Rick co-directed and wrote photos is my passion and I search
narratives. It incorporates social, the cult-classic film Hustler White, captured the moment to connect
psychological, and political issues, (1996) and directed & co-produced model with my camera and you take
usually infused with a dark sense the documentary Plushies & Furries unbreathless... Irrepetible...Magic... I
of humor. Anatomical distortions for MTV, (2001). Rick has two books make exhibition in París, Poland, Koln,
separate the figures from the pho- of his photography- Castro, (1990) Ibiza, Madrid, lot of locals in Barcelona
tographic ideal, creating a deeply Ulli Richter - Ulli Richter is one of the and 13 Years of Bondage, (2004). Rick and Sitges. My models likes actors,
personal distorted reality. His work leading documentarians of the gay has created editorial for Christian professionals, current people are my
is uncompromising, twisted and off- BDSM-scene. His work is known for Dior Homme, Cartier and Channel. friends now for lot of years.
beat, sentimental, and disturbing. its intuitive-dramatic lighting and en- He shoots on a regular bases for Rick
compasses a wide array of emotions, Owens. Rick has created portraits
ranging from unsettling stillness to for Gore Vidal, Peter Berlin, Kenneth
utter insanity. In recent years, Ulli Anger, and the 14th Dalai Lama. Rick’s
has developed a style of document- work is archived at the Alfred Kinsey
ing and portraying BDSM-play that Institute,(Bloomington, IN) the Tom
echoes the Baroque master painters. of Finland Foundation, (Echo Park ,
In contemporary art, his work is high- CA) the Leather Museum, (Chicago,
ly regarded for bridging the tension IL) and the Leslie-Lohman Museum,
between careful scene setting and NYC. Rick’s films are archived at the
lighting, and capturing the free emo- Legacy Project, (UCLA, Westwood,
tions and wild interactions that are CA) His goal for 2018- work,
part of BDSM-play. romance, reinvention, recreation and
restitution. not necessarily in that
order. Stuart Gregory - Stuart is a retired
policeman and proud Londoner.
Sebastian Vicuña - Soy Diseñador with interests in a broad range of
gráfico e ilustrador, tengo 28 años y photography Since turning pro, he’s
llevo dibujando toda mi vida, siempre built a portfolio of corporate clients
me gusto el dibujo homoerotico y dis- and developed a number of personal
fruto muchísimo dibujando hombres projects. Stuart travels extensively
desnudos de todo tipo, pero mas el es- throughout the US and Europe, and
tilo “yaoi-bara” que usa “mentaiko” o shoots men of character wherever he
“Rokudenashi” que son mis referentes finds them.
para ilustrar. mi sueño es trabajar de
esto ya que lo disfruto mucho y espero
algún día lograrlo.
Christopher Studer-Harper - is a
Swiss artist working predominantly
with installation and performance
practices. Originally educated as a Vincent Keith – Born in Beirut in 1967,
developmental psychologist, he now Vincent is a photographer, collabora-
prefers to explore themes such as tor and magazine publisher based in
violence, intimacy and vulnerability London. He’s married to his husband
through finely crafted objects, Peter and has two children.
performances and text. He works in
Bern, Switzerland and Berlin, Germany.
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We are all the product of the moments, scenes and experiences we’ve been exposed to throughout our
lives. They make us who we are. They drive our choices and inform attitudes. History is something we
can’t change. It’s enduring and never ending. We are told that we can’t escape it. But is that true? Aren’t
some people constantly re-inventing themselves? In the process of reinventing, don’t we at least alter
history? Cherry pick and re-interpret.
“Those of us who don‘t study history are doomed to repeat it.” Catchy phrase, yes, but is it true? “Nothing
ever changes and history is just the same repeating set of experiences locked in time.” Not so! Some of
us are fascinated by the past - ours, theirs or some other’s. For others, forgetting their history, wiping it
away, getting as far from it as possible is what brings freedom. Issue No. 23 of MASCULAR Magazine is
dedicated to HISTORY.
For many communities that have experienced suffering or discrimination, history is central to the
narrative of progress. It’s the evidence of progress and/or the lack of it. In this configuration, history is
watching, taking note. But for someone whose history is full of pain and distress, it is the anvil against
which one’s emotions and spirit are constantly hammered. It is the inescapable nightmare. In this way,
history is not only about the past - it can be alive and present.
As artists, we aren’t only interested in the message contained in history, or its lessons. We are also interest
in the tangible manifestations of history. Antiques, a love for all things weathered or tarnished. Many
find examining the styles of the past compelling. In fact, art and history are inextricably intertwined.
No matter the age of a work of art, or the era when it was created, it still has the capacity to speak
to us today. A 1970’s poster or film from the 1930’s have the power to bring to life sensations that are
long since dead, in the same way that in years to come, people will look at today’s creative output and
consider it in its historical context. What will they think of us?
MASCULAR Magazine invites artists to submit works that consider the topic of History. Be it in an old
style, or about past experiences. Vintage or moderne, retro or classical - share with us your vision of the
past. Bring your preferred history to life in the pages of MASCULAR Magazine.
If you are interested in contributing to Issue No. 23, please contact MASCULAR Magazine at: submissions@
mascularmagazine.com
Deadline for submissions is May 14, 2018.
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The crunching sounds of flexed leather.

Everything flows from that.

You can see more of Coln’s work at www.colin-davis.com

You can see more of Eric’s work at www.ericlanuit.com

Out of necessity, I use my comics superpowers to create diversity in

Out of love, I call upon these same superpowers to help me

Because bear is more than hair.

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You can see more of Stuart’s work at www.stuartgregory.photo

You can see more of Frnando’s work at facebook.com/FerBrachoBrachoPhotos

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MACK AND CHAD DO LEATHER

expanding the potential of used, everyday sportswear.

movement, virility and energy.

come close to reflecting that.

Model: Richard Lloyd James

You can see more of Vincent’s work at www.vgkphoto.com 97

POWER AND SUBMISSION

Photography by Joe Mazza – www.joemazzaphoto.com

IN THE LIGHT OF DAY

DUM SPIRO SPERO

Creating ART on a daily basis has provided me with a prolific portfolio

MY HERO’S NAME IS DADDY

In the cult of Leather and Masculinity, the pleasure/pain

A LIGHTHEARTED APPROACH TO LEATHER & LIFE

DE CUIR ET DE DAIM OF LEATHER AND SUEDE

THE VINTAGE TOUCH

In this series, I try to capture the dynamics of leather men:

On the technical side, it’s an attempt to use

Look, I’m standing naked before you

(Leather, Tori Amos)

REY REY’S MEN OF LEATHER

I’ve been shooting portraits of men for almost a decade now

Shooting men in leather is always exciting as it brings out an

My work is an expression of my queer identity. I seek to look at,

William Cricket Ulrich - After college

Alejandro Caspe - Born in Tijuana

Li Su - Born and raised in China, Li Su

Miguel Angel Reyes - Miguel Angel

Trevor Ott - born in Los Angeles 1988,

Deadline for submissions is May 14, 2018.

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