Kissing

I'm going to kick of the month of July with men kissing. This set begins with Colt stars Bruno and Will Seagers making out in a swimming pool and closes with Gordon Grant planting one on Tony Romano at a construction site. 

1. Bruno and Will Seagers, Colt stars kissing in a pool.

In between are familiar faces including J.W. King, Larry Bordeaux, Duke Richards, Mickey Squires, and several others proving that physique photography occasionally ventured beyond admiration of the male body and into something more affectionate.

2. J.W. King and Mickey Squires, Colt models mustache to beard.

Men kissing each other clears a hurdle that many physique photographs spend a great deal of energy dancing around. Two men can wrestle, shower together, pose nude, or admire each other's physiques and still leave room for plausible deniability. 

3. Unknown modes (both familiar...one with eagle tattoo on his arm, but I cannot place them), kissing on what looks like a sofa.

A kiss changes the equation. For many people, it feels more intimate than sex itself because it moves into the territory of romance, tenderness, and emotional connection.

4. Larry Bordeaux (RT - see post April 11, Drinking) and unknown model in a standing kiss.

5. Joe DaVinci and younger unknown model in sailor hats by Bob Mizer.

What I find interesting is how controversial same-sex kissing has been throughout American culture while heterosexual kissing is so common that it barely registers, even in children's cartoons. Maybe that's because a kiss acknowledges something that goes beyond sex. 

6. Duke Richards and Bert Edwards, Nova stars kissing in bed.

7. Chuck Samson (kneeling) with unknown model, Colt actors kissing at the edge of a pool.

It suggests affection, desire, and sometimes even love. These photographs aren't necessarily selling romance, but they're certainly playing with it. And I like that. They remind us that our orientation isn't only about who we want to sleep with. 

8. Paul Seton and Rex Branson locking lips while holding themselves.

9. Mickey Squires and unknown model kissing on an inflatable raft. (I'm not convinced this is Squires, so please confirm if you have other info).

It's also about who we want to hold, kiss, wake up beside, and build a life with. I hope you're finding love, romance, passion—or at least a good kiss—wherever you may be.

10. Gordon Grant and Tony Romano in kneeling kiss on a Colt construction film sit.

Have a great July! Please leave thoughts, questions or corrections in the comments.  I'd love help confirming models in #s 3 and 9 and who second models are in #s 2, 5, 7, and 9.