George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
George Platt Lynes was lauded as one the world’s top commercial photographers in the first half of the 20th century, known for his portraits of important cultural figures, surreal fashion shoots and innovative use of lighting and evocative sets. However, in an era when homosexuality was considered a crime, Lynes had to keep secret his best work: erotic nude photographs of men.
Born in 1907 in New Jersey, Lynes attended the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts, graduating in 1925. In his youth, Lynes had dreamed of becoming a writer. He published a literary journal and opened a bookstore, both of which were unsuccessful. When he inherited a trove of photographic equipment from a friend, Lynes turned his focus toward a career in photography.
Self-taught, Lynes proved to be a gifted talent behind the camera. His preternatural understanding of the interplay between light, shadow and form garnered critical acclaim. In 1932, Lynes had his first solo exhibition, at Leggett Gallery, followed by a two-artist show with photographer Walker Evans at Julien Levy Gallery. By 1933, Lynes became a central figure in New York photography, whose stylized technique was sought by magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country and Vogue.
In 1935, the American Ballet Company (now the New York City Ballet) commissioned Lynes to photograph their principal dancers and performances, leading to Lynes’s appointment as the company’s primary photographer for the next 20 years.
While Lynes enjoyed immense success as a fashion and commercial photographer from the 1930s to the 1950s, he was secretly photographing male nudes — a subject considered highly taboo at the time. Fearing criminal reprisal, Lynes hid the photos and his sexual orientation from the public, sharing his work with a few select friends. Among them was Dr. Alfred Kinsey, founder of the Kinsey Institute, who, in the late 1940s, was researching human sexuality. Enthralled by Lynes’s figurative, black and white photos of the male form, Kinsey purchased more than 600 prints and several hundred negatives at the risk of prosecution.
After he was diagnosed with lung cancer, in 1955, Lynes destroyed many of his negatives and prints. However, he entrusted a sizeable volume of his male nudes to the Kinsey Institute, which today holds the largest collection of Lynes’s works, second only to the Lynes estate. In 2019, an exhibition of images culled from the Kinsey collection, “Sensual/Sexual/Social: The Photography of George Platt Lynes,” was held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
Long after his death, Lynes’s legacy has shaped the evolution of sexual and gender norms. His works are highly sought by galleries and collectors of modern and contemporary photography.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of George Platt Lynes photography.
to
21
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
21
8
3
9
2
19
2
20
16
16
10
10
8
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
21
55
1,323
1,133
850
771
2
2
21
Artist: George Platt Lynes
Orpheus #1 - Balanchine Ballet with Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Glenford, NY
George Platt Lynes 1948 Photograph #1 of Balanchine Ballet ‘Orpheus’.
George Platt Lynes rare original vintage 1948 silver gelatin photograph (dated by the NY City Public Library) of nude dancers Francisco Moncion and Nicholas Magallanes in George Balanchine's iconic mid-20th Century ballet Orpheus. Stamped on verso in dark blue ink at upper center, "GEORGE PLATT LYNES/145 EAST 52 STREET NEW YORK”. Photo shoot took place in NYC. Costumes and Set by ISAMU NAGUCHI. Photo is 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches, soft satin finish in excellent condition.
This photograph is one from my collection of 14 different poses in this series of nude photographs of Moncion and Magallanes in Orpheus by Platt Lynes. 8 different photography are remaining and are available on request. Original stamped by the artist gelatin silver prints are rare. Photographs from this celebrated series are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA, NYC), the NYC Public Library, and many university art archives.
George Platt Lynes (1907–1955), was a gregarious American portrait, dance, fashion, and male nude photographer whose career spanned the late 1920s through the early 1950s. From age eighteen, Lynes entered the cosmopolitan world of the American expatriate community in Paris when he became acquainted with the salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. He began photographing authors like Stein, Jean Cocteau, André Gide, and Colette and soon established himself as one of the premier fashion photographers in the Condé Nast stable, documenting the ballet companies of George Balanchine/Lincoln Kirstein, and pursuing a private obsession with seductive images of young male nudes rarely published in his lifetime.
Orpheus represents a major 20th Century artistic collaboration between composer Igor Stravinsky, choreographer George Ballanchine, and artist/designer Isamu Naguchi. Orpheus is a thirty-minute neoclassical ballet composed by Igor Stravinsky in collaboration with choreographer George Balanchine in Hollywood, California in 1947. The work was commissioned by Ballet Society, later renamed New York City Ballet, which Balanchine founded with Lincoln Kirstein. Sets and costumes were created by Isamu Noguchi. Noguchi’s lyre harp from the production became the symbol of the New York City Ballet.
Francisco Moncion (July 6, 1918 – April 1, 1995) was a charter member of the New York City Ballet. Over the course of his forty year career, choreographers George Balanchine, and Jerome Robbins in the New York City Ballet created 22 major roles for Moncion including the Dark Angel...
Category
1940s Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Reclining, Mel Fillini
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Boston, MA
Mel Fellini was a favorite model of George Platt Lynes, and this photograph was most likely taken during their stay in Rome in the 1940s.
Category
Mid-20th Century George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
[Chuck Howard on Boardwalk, Probably Fire Island]
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Boston, MA
Chuck Howard was a favorite model of artists Paul Cadmus and Jared French and muse to Lynes, who captured both the erotic and everyday moments in their re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
![[Chuck Howard on Boardwalk, Probably Fire Island]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/george-platt-lynes-photography-chuck-howard-on-boardwalk-probably-fire-island-for-sale/a_3973/1627063040691/BB6571_03_master.jpg?width=240 "ben platt shirtless")
Bill Bailey
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph by George Platt Lynes offered by CLAMP, a gallery in New York City.
Bill Bailey
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Tooker with Paul Cadmus and Jared French
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This black and white photograph by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
George Tooker with Paul Cadmus and Jared French
c. 1948
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vint...
Category
1940s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man in Profile, Mid Century Queer Portrait Photography by George Platt Lynes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Man in Profile, Mid Century Queer Portrait Photography
This is a black and white photograph by George Platt Lynes of a man in profile, offered by CLAMP, a gallery in New York City.
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Platt Lynes and Model on the Beach, Self Portrait Mid-Century Queer Photo
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
George Platt Lynes and Model on the Beach, Self Portrait Mid-Century Queer Photo
George Platt Lynes and Model on the Beach
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Jared French, Queer Portraiture by George Platt Lynes
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This photograph by George Platt Lynes depicts the artist Jared French.
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Lincoln Kirstein
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Studio stamp in black ink, verso; Also inscribed 'Lincoln Kirstein' in pencil, verso
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Contact gallery for price.
Category
1940s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Seated Woman
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of a Seated Woman
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Contact gallery for price
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Woman Leaning
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of a Woman Leaning
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ClampArt in Ne...
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Woman in Patterned Dress
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Woman in Patterned Dress
Studio stamp in black ink, verso
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Contact gallery for price.
This work ...
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of a Woman From Behind
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of a Woman From Behind
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered by ClampArt in...
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Sandy Campbell
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Campbell
Titled in pencil, verso; Also stamped “George Platt Lynes” in black ink, verso; stamped “Collection of Paul Cadmus” in black ink, verso; Stamped “Collection of Jon And...
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Jeremy Jackson
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
1935
Stamped “Collection of Paul Cadmus,” verso; Stamped “Collection of Jon Anderson,” verso; Stamped “George Platt Lynes,” verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
8 x 7.5 inches (20.3...
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Bernard Perlin
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Stamped "Collection of Paul Cadmus," verso; Stamped "Collection of Jon Anderson," verso; Stamped "George Platt Lynes," verso
Vintage gelatin silver print...
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Portrait of Alexander Jensen Yow on Bed
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Stamped “George Platt Lynes,” verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.25 x 7.75 inches
Contact gallery for price.
George Platt Lynes's affectionate nickname for Yow was "Pooza."
Th...
Category
20th Century Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A.J. Ynocencio
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Also titled in pencil, verso
Formerly in the collection of Monroe Wheeler. This is one of Lynes' last works, which he printed from a paper negative.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male nude, which he photographed extensively in the privacy of his studio. His connections with New York City’s cultural influencers granted him access to beautiful models, dancers, and actors whom he photographed without leaving behind his friends, lovers, and even studio assistants. Due to the revolutionary and sexually charged aspects of his work, many of his photographs remained unknown and unpublished for years, some of them coming to the light only after they were left to Dr. Alfred Kinsey’s Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction after the artist’s death in 1955. Platt Lynes is recognized today as a master of 20th-century photography, and remains as one of the most important influencers of male portraiture...
Category
1950s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Romaine Johnston
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
Stamped, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mel Fillini #1
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Literature:
Crump, James. George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute. 1st ed., New York City, Bullfinch Press, 1993, pp. 65-67 [three other examples]
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
1950s Post-Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mel Fillini #2
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Literature:
Crump, James. George Platt Lynes: Photographs from the Kinsey Institute. 1st ed., New York City, Bullfinch Press, 1993, pp. 65-67 [three other examples]
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renowned American fashion and commercial photographer who enjoyed the prime of his career during the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was very sought after by major fashion publications for his beautiful images and stunning compositions, his real passion was the male...
Category
1950s Post-Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Related Items
Diagonal Lift - Nude Female Balanced on a Pedestal, Black and White Photograph
By Doug Birkenheuer
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous female figure is balanced on a wooden pedestal with a stray hand on her torso. Her muscular figure is enhanced by the sepia tones and the play of light on the subject....
Category
2010s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Archival Pigment
Audrey Hepburn in Pool, 1966 by Terry O'Neill
By Terry O'Neill
Located in Chicago, IL
Audrey Hepburn having a swim during a break from filming Stanley Donen’s 1967 work ‘Two for the Road’ in St Tropez.
Limited edition silver gelatin print
Paper size: 16 H x 20 W inc...
Category
1960s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Who - Pete Townshend 1979 -Limited Estate Edition Oversize
By Michael Putland
Located in London, GB
Pete Townshend of the Who Madison Square Garden New York 1979
Large Oversize limited Estate edition (ed size 15 only this size)
silver gelatin print.
numbered and signed by the Estate on reverse
stamped with blond embossed Archive stamp on front
paper size 40x30" inches / 101 x 76 cm
Certificate of authenticity supplied.
unframed
Framing available on request
Ships securely from London England
OTHER SIZES AVAILABLE pls enquire
About Michael Putland the photographer :
Born in 1947, Michael grew up in Harrow where he took his first pictures at the age of nine before leaving school at sixteen to work as an assistant to various photographers including Time-Life photographer, Walter Curtain and the legendary motor racing photographer, Louis Klemantaski. In 1969 he set up his own studio and by 1971, he was the official photographer for the British music magazine Disc & Music Echo. His first assignment for them that year was to photograph Mick Jagger in London.
From the editorial work for Disc and Music Echo, Sounds and later Smash Hits & Q magazine amongst others, to the 1973 tour with The Rolling Stones that led to a long-standing relationship working with the band, Michael has shot prodigiously including for major record labels including CBS, Warner, Elektra, Polydor, Columbia Records and EMI. Relocating to New York in 1977, it was here that Michael founded the photo agency, Retna.
It has been said that Michael photographed everyone from Abba to Zappa … when looking at his archive this is actually true.
Now living in East Sussex, recent 2016 exhibitions include “Off The Record” at The Lucy Bell Gallery in Hastings showing images both on and off stage including previously unseen contact sheets; whilst Ono Arte in Bologna, Italy is hosting a David Bowie show. Autumn 2014 saw Michael’s 50 year retrospective at the Getty Gallery in London: “A life in Music, 50 Years On The Road”. Snap Gallery in London’s Piccadilly Arcade regularly have a selection of Michael’s work on show.
Michael continues to shoot the artists he most admires – likely to be jazz, classical and world musicians, who have always provided an alternative narrative to his rock music portfolio.
“It has been a fantastic ride through an incredible period of music history, which combined my two great loves … music and photography. Little did I appreciate, when my Uncle Alan encouraged my photography back in the 1950s, that this would lead me to photographing nearly all of my heroes … and thrilled to be still finding new ones. A great never ending journey.” Michael Putland
About The Who :
Few rock & roll bands were riddled with as many contradictions as the Who. All four members had wildly different personalities, as their notorious live performances demonstrated: Keith Moon fell over his drum kit while Pete Townshend leaped into the air with his guitar, spinning his right hand in exaggerated windmills. Vocalist Roger Daltrey prowled the stage as bassist John...
Category
1970s Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Farrah Fawcett writing in her journal, 1976 by Julian Wasser
By Julian Wasser
Located in Chicago, IL
Farrah Fawcett Writing in her Journal, 1976, People Magazine
This photo of Farrah in her mobile home was taken during her lunch hour. Aaron Spelling, the producer of Charlie's Angel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Dasha & Mari - Summer Opium - limited edition
By Dasha & Mari
Located in London, GB
Dasha & Mari - Models In Hats - limited edition
30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm paper size oversize C print - numbered and stamped limited to 100 only.
Sumptuous, sensual with erotic undertones, this is a beautiful fine art image from the twin artists duo from Kiev.
Steeped in fashion iconography and with more than a dash of Helmut Newton - these works are fast becoming collectable.
About the artists :
DASHA & MARI are award-winning photographers, twin sisters from Kiev, Ukraine.
Specialise in Fashion, Art Nude and Psychological Portrait.
They have an extensive experience in fashion industry in London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.
Art photography they create has a cinematic feel, it is original and storytelling.
HEARST Magazines UK have selected them for the Master's Photography program in Cambridge, UK.
Artists have received a Masters Degree from Kingston University, London, UK in 2018.
HONORS & AWARDS
PARIS PHOTO 2018, Fashion Nude Expo. Collective exhibition. Paris, France
MA Art + Design Exhibition
The Brick Lane Gallery, London UK 2018
13th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2018 - Nominee in Fine Art The Game
12th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner in Fashion category
11th Annual International Color Awards , Beverly Hills, CA 2017 - Nominee in Fashion category
HOME GALLERY, Personal Photography Exhibition 'FUTURO EROICO'. Salerno, Italy 2017
10th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS 2017, Beverly Hills, CA - Winner, Honorable Mention in Fashion category
FASHION 2ND PLACE WINNER (PROFESSIONAL), FAPA 2016
FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
PHIFEST Exhibition of Photography, Milan, Italy 2016
Photography Exhibition at SALONE DEL MOBILE 2016 - Milan, Italy
Photography Exhibition at 55th annual week of Design in Milan in co-operation with SM Samuele Mazza Outdoor Collection and Ipe Cavalli.
Exhibition at The ART BOWL GALLERY, Amsterdam 2016
10th Annual Black & White Spider Awards 2015, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion
MONOCHROME AWARDS 2015 - Honorable Mention (Professional) in Fashion / Beauty
Finalists of the HASSELBLAD MASTERS AWARDS 2014
8th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, Beverly Hills, CA - Nominee in Fashion category
International Color Awards 2014
Sony World Photography Awards - Shortlisted in the Fashion category 2012, London, United Kingdom.
Solo Exhibition in Russia 2011
Art Nude Photography Exhibition 'SECRET GARDEN', Ryazan city, Russia.
PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS
NORMAL magazine (France), OPENEYE magazine (France), ELLE Magazine UK, THE COMMISSION LONDON (UK), THE HUFFINGTON POST (US), PH Magazine (Canada), INSIDE BRACKETS (Paris), IDOLL Magazine (USA), Professional Photographer (UK), CHIC LIFESTYLE Magazine (Mexico), BOREALIS (Canada), PORTFOLIOS Magazine (Spain), The View Magazine (Netherlands), ZEPHYR Magazine (US), NOCTIS Magazine (UK), VOGUE ITALIA (Italy), HOLISTIC FASHIONISTA (LA, US), TARTARUS Magazine (US), IT-MAGAZINE (Switzerland), AFTER NYNE Magazine (UK), ARCHIDESART Magazine (UK), NIF Magazine, WHY NOT Magazine, POLISART Magazine (Portugal), PLAYBOY Photo Awards (Ukraine), BIZZARE Magazine (UK), Sensual Photography (France), All About Models (Paris, France), BLUR Magazine (Croatia), IDOLE Magazine (France), ART HOUSE (Monaco), etc.
SAMUELE MAZZA - Luxury Interiors and Furniture (Italy), GIOFFRE (Italy), VERTIGE (Italy), VICTOR WILDE...
Category
2010s Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Black and White
Female Nude, New York City, Black and White Photograph in Studio, Alabaster Nude
By Roberta Fineberg
Located in New york, NY
Shot on film a 14" x 11" a black-and-white contemporary gelatin silver print of a female nude with symmetrical proportions that suggest Greek sculptures. A feminine and statuesque su...
Category
1990s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
'Chinchilla Glamour' Silver Gelatin Print
By George Mayer
Located in London, GB
'Chinchilla Glamour' Silver Gelatin Print
George Mayer
Exquisite, very large 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Silver Gelatin resin Print.
Certificate of authenticity provided.
Stampe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
DOUGLAS JULEFF Vintage 1940s Photograph of "Beefcake" model BOB GIBE #2 - Framed
Located in Glenford, NY
COLD WINTER SPECIAL...$825....FRAMED.
Rare 1940s Original Vintage Gelatin Silver Photograph by DOUGLAS JULEFF - also known as DOUG OF DETROIT - of model BOB GIBE. Photograph is 8 x 1...
Category
1940s Post-War George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 22.75 in W 18.75 in D 0.75 in
Male model Brian Destazio, nude, signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...
Category
1970s Pop Art George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Male Model Brian Destazio, Dot Pattern Projection Nude, Signed by Jack Mitchell
By Jack Mitchell
Located in Senoia, GA
11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine:
“After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine at that time. Today they swarm like bees to place their own hot ads in gay publications.
I had been photographing on assignment for Dance Magazine well before After Dark was created. Being a friend of William (Bill) Como, the Editor, and being gay, I was called into service, for the life of the publication, to photograph many of the handsome young men and women, who were featured in After Dark.
Needless to say, this was enjoyable work for me, Because, mixed in with the hot-looking young guys and gals sent to my studio were some famed performers like Debbie Reynolds, Giancarlo Giannini, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalie Wood, Placido Domingo, Sergio Franco...
Category
1970s Pop Art George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Studies - Edition griffelkunst
By Heinrich Zille
Located in Cologne, DE
With a socially critical eye and Berlin humor, the prints by Heinrich Zille (1858 - 1929) capture the milieu of the "little people" around 1900. The fact that the famous artist was a...
Category
1890s Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White, Silver Gelatin
Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print.
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
Category
1970s American Modern George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Previously Available Items
Paul Cadmus in Torn T-Shirt with Jared French
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This work by George Platt Lynes is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Paul Cadmus in Torn T-Shirt with Jared French
1937
Studio stamp in ink, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9...
Category
1930s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Boreas (from the Mythology series)
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white studio portrait by George Platt Lynes.
Boreas (from the Mythology series)
1939
Studio stamp, verso
Vintage gelatin silver print
9.5 x 7.5 inches (24.1 x...
Category
1930s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
[Nude Male from Behind, with Arms Outstretched]
By George Platt Lynes
Located in Boston, MA
With George Platt Lynes stamp verso.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
![[Nude Male from Behind, with Arms Outstretched]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/george-platt-lynes-photography-nude-male-from-behind-with-arms-outstretched-for-sale/a_3973/a_117199421675885082479/BB6628_01_master.jpg?width=240 "George Platt Lynes - [Nude Male from Behind, with Arms Outstretched]")
Portrait of Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Portrait of Fidelma Cadmus Kirstein
1950
Stamped, “George Platt Lynes,” verso
Gelatin silver print
10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Contact gallery for price.
This work is offered...
Category
1950s Contemporary George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Herbert Bliss
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Artist’s 145 East 52nd Street studio stamp, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Joe Santoro
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed “Joe Santoro/by George Platt Lynes/Vintage Print” in pencil, verso (probably in Paul Cadmus’s hand); Paul Cadmus Collection stamp in black ink twice, verso; Jon Anderson Co...
Category
1940s George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
José Pete Martinez with Hat and Flowers
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in blue ink, verso
Literature:
Leddick, David. George Platt Lynes. Edited by Anatole Pohorilenko, Köln, Taschen, 2000, p. 130, ...
Category
1930s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Edward Lennox Bigelow, Dora Maxwell, Jonathan Tichenor
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Literature:
Woody, Jack. George Platt Lynes: Photographs 1931-1955. 3rd ed., Twelvetrees Press, 1981, cover...
Category
1940s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Charles 'Tex' Smutney and Charles 'Buddy' Stanley I
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in blue ink, verso
Literature:
Leddick, David. George Platt Lynes. Edited by Anatole Pohorilenko, Köln, Taschen, 2000, p. 141, ...
Category
1940s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Charles 'Tex' Smutney and Charles 'Buddy' Stanley II
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
George Platt Lynes (1907-1955) was a renown...
Category
1940s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Charles 'Tex' Smutney and Charles 'Buddy' Stanley III
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in blue ink, verso
Literature:
Leddick, David. George Platt Lynes. Edited by Anatole Pohorilenko, Köln, Taschen, 2000, p. 134, ...
Category
1940s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Black and White
Untitled
By George Platt Lynes
Located in New York, NY
Vintage gelatin silver print
George Platt Lynes studio stamp in black ink, verso
Also inscribed in pencil, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Geo...
Category
1940s Other Art Style George Platt Lynes Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
George Platt Lynes black and white photography for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic George Platt Lynes black and white photography available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by George Platt Lynes in silver gelatin print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large George Platt Lynes black and white photography, so small editions measuring 5 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Peter Simon, Yevgeniy Repiashenko, and David Mangus. George Platt Lynes black and white photography prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,500 and tops out at $4,500, while the average work can sell for $1,600.
Artists Similar to George Platt Lynes
Gerald Berghammer, Ina Forstinger