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Nigel by John G Reed
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Happy Birthday today February 11th
Happy 36th to actor Matthew Lawrence!
Check out more of today's Birthday's at last year's Birthday post HERE:
A Vintage Vantage:
My goal with FH is to post each and every day. Due to my job, my social life and time constraints, that doesn't always happen. But... when planning out my week of posts, I usually end up choosing the man who is going to be featured on each day's Birthday post. Although I didn't post yesterday, I wanted to share three of the images I chose for birthday boy Robert Wagner who turned 86 on February 10th.
Wagner with Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson
I was never a huge fan of Wagner, and have never seen a second of Hart to Hart. It wasn't until recently, watching him TCM and seeing a young Wagner in some of his supporting film roles that I began to appreciate his talent, and his beauty. My favorites being A Kiss Before Dying and The War Lover. The first image I saved came from Vanity Fair on-line and features Robert buffing up his 1947 Cadillac convertible. The second, features Robert on a ladder along with Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson. The third is a still of a shirtless Wagner (and a young Peter Graves) from 1953's Beneath the 12-Mile Reef.
Beneath The 12-Mile Reef
Anders Holm in Top Five
I was originally going to categorize this piece under my unconventional hunks label. But... writer and actor Anders Holm is not really unconventional looking, he is simply a hot. He plays quirky, oddball characters, but no matter what character he is playing, or how much he contorts his face, he can't really hide how incredibly sexy he is.
I was reminded of how much I loved Anders when recently seeing his adorable face in previews for the new film, How To Be Single. I loved that face during his run on The Mindy Project and his role as actor and writer on Workaholics. When researching Ander's other projects for this piece, I came upon a write up for a certain scene in the 2014 Chris Rock film, Top Five. The scene involved his character's love of ass play, and the reluctant participation of his girlfriend, played by Rosario Dawson.
Now Ander's is no stranger to showing his ass, it has been on display, (and featured on FH:) a few times on Workaholics. The scene in Top Five however seemed to require a little bit more, and the comical ending, a hot, very hot, conclusion to both the scene, and the two characters relationship. I found the film, and capped the hilarious and sexy scene below. One of these days, I will get around to watching the rest of the movie...
Workaholics:
Anders as Brad in Top Five (2014)
Rearing for Rosario
White Robes & Brick Walls: Nigel by John G Reed
'One does not usually walk up to a wild animal and request they show their better side...'
The first time I featured the work of Montreal model Nigel Maldon was in 2014 when I featured his work with photographer Chris Teel. (Auld Lang Syne) When checking out that story in preparation for writing this one I was struck by some by a couple of things. First, I must have been feeling a little bit melancholy as I wrote the piece, something I think we all go through at times, especially during the dead of winter.
I noted that piece that it was the 9000th story I had put together for FH since it's inception in the fall of 2007. For some reason I was struck by not just the number of posts, but the number of photographers and models I have connected with over the course of working on the site. One of those photographers was Chris of course, a photographer whose work I have been fortunate to have been able to showcase many many time.
As I check out my stats, White Robes & Brick Walls brings the post count close to 11,000, a # I should reach in May. It also mark's my second time featuring the work of photographer John G Reed, an artist I first featured this past December with Comings & Goings and John's work with model KC Chappo.
I was first drawn to John's work when seeing his work with Claudiu a couple of years ago and have been checking out his portfolio consistently since. When I first profiled John, one of the things he said he loved so much about focusing on the male form was the collaboration he enjoys with the models he shoots. John primarily had been shooting wildlife, and although I am sure there was connection with his subjects, you can't exactly give direction, or bounce off concepts with a snowy owl.
John's comments struck me as they speak to why I have continued to work on FH for so long. I am surrounded by people and their problems for 10 and 12 hours a day. Part of the reason I started blogging was as a bit of a creative escape. A place to channel my creativity as well as combining my love of writing, photography and of course the male form.
One of the things that surprised me is that although FH began as an independent pursuit, it slowly became very collaborative and it is those collaborations with models and photographers, that has motivated to continue. I am hoping this is the second of many future pieces featuring John's work.
I love the beautifully straight forward and squeaky clean concept for John's set of images with Nigel. Wash, relax, repeat. We have all had the experience of stepping out of a hot shower into a warm and welcoming bathrobe. There is something both comforting and erotic about the feel of clean, wet skin against the soft material that covers. You can almost feel, and even smell, the material of the robe that first covers, and then uncovers Nigel's beautiful body.
Nigel's body and look have attracted attention from many photographers including John, who first spotted Nigel's images in a Model Mayhem POTD contest. John sent him an e-mail and they were able to connect for a shoot for the next time Nigel was visiting Toronto. John describes Nigel as very relaxed with a wonderful confidence and sense of himself.
Photographer and model spent several hours working on a number of different sets and John really enjoyed the collaborative effort that produced this series of images. On the drive to the studio, Nigel shared that yoga helps keep him in shape. He proved his point by utilizing his hard word in several of poses that John beautifully captured during their shoot together.
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