crowded men's spaces

In traditional societies like India, in crowded men's spaces such as this train, straight men's sexual need for men finds secret, unacknowledged vent, at least superficially, but it can be felt in these spaces, even when it doesn't have a voice, and vanishes in heterosexual spaces.

Pehlwan

This is a set of pictures taken with no PP work, one morning at sunrise near Scindia Ghat along river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras).

Prithviraj and Vinod are two wrestlers (Pehlwan in Hindi), they are trained by a Russian coach.

The gym where we did those pictures is facing river Ganga which gave this vivid colors.

(The one in red langot is Vinod Pehlwan, while the one in white langot is Prithviraj)






A smile upon Prithviraj's face


Resting in Shiva's arms

Two handsome young sailors on Shore Leave in the Tropics - date not known

Three affectionate men in motorcycle leathers - circa 1930s

Photobooth couple #2 - Word War II era

Frank Merlo entertaining some handsome young seamen of the Royal Navy - 1950s