Collection of 68 photographs by the Prussian photographer Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden; (1856-1931) Italian boys of Taormina, Sicily with classical accoutrements in outdoor settings.
An important pre-World War I photographer, von Gloeden utilized body makeup, controlled lighting, special filters and tints to create elegant homoerotic portraits, for which his models were well paid. The full-length nudes, of boys ranging in age from early childhood to young adult, present the form frontally in all but..... More