Igor Stravinsky Nude

Igor Stravinsky, Russian (later French, eventually American) composer, 1882-1971 first photo taken by George Platt Lynes in 1947, others taken…

Posted on September 20, 2024July 23, 2024
1950s

Chuck Howard and Ted Starkowski

Chuck Howard and his boyfriend Ted Starkowsky photographed together at Fire Island Pines, New York by George Platt Lynes in…

Posted on September 15, 2024July 23, 2024
1950s

Ted Starkowski

Ted Starkowski photographed by George Platt Lynes in 1953

Posted on September 11, 2024July 23, 2024
1940s

Chuck Howard

Chuck Howard was the it boy of the fire island scene in the early 50s hanging out with George Platt Lynes and artist Paul Cadmus pictured below.

Posted on September 9, 2024July 23, 2024
1940s

Bob Bishop before and after

George Platt Lynes photographed Bob Bishop quite young in 1940 before WWII Then again in 1953 after he’d become a bodybuilder and porn star.

Posted on September 3, 2024July 23, 2024
1950s

Bruce Bradbury

Bruce Bradbury photographed by George Platte Lynes in New York in 1953.

Posted on September 1, 2024July 23, 2024
1930s

Eugene Loring and Fred Daneli

Choreographer and dancer Eugene Loring photographed nude by George Platt Lynes in 1937. Lines also photographed his fellow dancer from this shot above, Fred Daneli.

Posted on August 7, 2024July 23, 2024
1940s

Tex Smutney and Buddy Stanley

Charles “Tex” Smutney poses for George Platt Lynes in 1940-41 with Buddy Stanley. Additional models include Louis Forns (1940) and Bradbury Ball by the Bed.