This is a rare vintage FACTORY SEALED / UNREAD and out of print copy of Gymnasium, by LUKE SMALLEY and published and distributed by Twin Palms Publishers in 2001 featuring the 85 gravure plates nude and semi-nude male photography from photographer LUKE SMALLEY. This 168 page HARDCOVER book and DUST JACKET measure 7.99 x 10 inches. See photos for condition.

The teenage athletes in Luke Smalley's pictures seem inhabitants of some time or place other than the northwestern Pennsylvania towns where the photographer recently found and photographed them. The sensuality of these young athletes seems familiar, their gaze immediate and direct, yet their other worldly quality remains a product of the artist's unique vision. No telephone or television seems possible in this not-quite familiar landscape. For the past ten years the photographer has painstakingly coordinated the creation of the work presented here, often making his own athletic equipment, props, and costumes. The images are published here for the first time.

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Luke Smalley's photographs are of (mostly) bare-chested high school athletes, dressed in antique athletic wear and often interacting with antiquated fitness equipment. The theme of nostalgia is firmly established by Smalley's reiteration of the past by sepia toning the images, using old time photographic vignettes and lighting techniques similar to those used by photographers in the earlier half of the 20th century.

Due to recent delivery issues with the USPS I now ship all items via Priority Mail. $100 of insurance is included in this price. I’m selling my collection of vintage 1960-1980s gay pulp paperback novels, pictorial & hardcore magazines, physique photography, magazines & artwork.