For over 40 years, David Hurles documented the hidden world of rough trade and rent boys posing, masturbating, wrestling, or boxing. His models ranged from drifters and grifters to hustlers and ex-cons -- men who came to Los Angeles, and Hurles's studio, to make it big but mostly landed in Hollywood's gutter. His photographs were ubiquitous fixtures in gay publications throughout the seventies and eighties and continue to enjoy a strong following today. More Weegee than Weber, these images vibrate with youthful male power ...
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For over 40 years, David Hurles documented the hidden world of rough trade and rent boys posing, masturbating, wrestling, or boxing. His models ranged from drifters and grifters to hustlers and ex-cons -- men who came to Los Angeles, and Hurles's studio, to make it big but mostly landed in Hollywood's gutter. His photographs were ubiquitous fixtures in gay publications throughout the seventies and eighties and continue to enjoy a strong following today. More Weegee than Weber, these images vibrate with youthful male power and edgy sexuality. Chosen from Hurles's vast archive by noted homoerotic artist Rex, they comprise an amazing photographic history of a sexuality that society has rarely acknowledged.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good Plus. Trade paperback, 10.9 in. x 9 in., pp. 151. Richly illustrated with black and white photographs. Slight yellowing to top inch of of front board. From the inner flap: "Whether or not they recognize the name David Hurles, several generations of gay men can instantly identify a photograph by Old Reliable, the pseudonymous brand name his work was credited to. The name Old Reliable conjures two words: rough trade-and an immediate guilty frisson of edgy arousal and fear. A David Hurles photo always takes the viewer straight into the lion's den, and the lion, usually a twentysomething, tattooed street tough, has an upthrust erection and a bad attitude. For over forty years, David Hurles documented in his work the exotic and forbidden world of male hustlers, displaying his unique talent for provoking and capturing raw emotional responses from these sometimes dangerous men who lived on the fringes of society. Ubiquitous fixtures in gay publications in the '70s and '80s, his photographs continue to exercise their mystique and enjoy a strong following today....The photographs in this volume were selected, arranged, and commented on by REX, the iconoclastic homoerotic artist whose own career has coincided with that of David Hurles, drawing on his quarter-century acquaintance with the photographer. From an archive of over 25, 000 photos, REX has personally selected the very best examples of Hurles's work."
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Seller's Description:
Fine. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. Large format paperback, perfect bound in stiff pictorial paper covers with French Flaps. 151 pages. Text and design by Rex. Profusely illustrated throughout with graphically erotic black and white photographs by David Hurles. First edition, no other printings listed. A collection of Hurles photographs curated and commented on by Rex, a "iconoclastic homoerotic artist" and acquaintance of the photographer. These photographs, selected from an archive of over 25, 000 images, represent a substratum of the California gay community given a voice largely through the work of "Old Reliable". No previous ownership marks A clean, fresh, unmarked copy with sharp corners and undamaged spine, like new. A fine copy. A large book, Priority and International orders may require additional postage, charged at actual cost.
