27 years after his death, photographer george platt lynes’ male nudes were published in an august 1982 issue of in touch magazine, introducing his work to a whole new generation of gay men. The legacy of george platt lynes shines a light on the life and work of the gay artist, best known for his celebrity portraiture and fashion shoots for vogue and harper’s bazaar, as well as his role as official. Lynes worked as a fashion photographer in his own studio in new york (which he opened in 1932) before moving to hollywood in 1946 where he took the post of chief photographer for the vogue studios.
Highly successful as a commercial photographer whose images filled the pages of vogue, harper’s bazaar, and other fashion magazines, george platt lynes also produced a private, voluminous body of homoerotic male nudes beginning about 1930—a taboo subject in a conservative time But before he died, he sold them to alfred kinsey This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or.
George platt lynes was the preeminent celebrity portraitist of his day, shooting for vogue and harper’s bazaar and creating distinctive photographs of iconic cultural figures such as diana vreeland, salvador dalí, and orson welles But he also produced a. George platt lynes, who inspired robert mapplethorpe, hid the male nudes
