Historically, images of the male form project strength and power, from heroes in the military and politics to titans of industry. But there is very little imagery depicting men simply going about their lives as men. What of the rich and varied moments that make up real life? Are these not fodder for art?
The latest issue from T focuses on the rich and varied moments that make up the lives of real men — in all their complexity.
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Photograph by Bruce Weber. Styled by Joe McKenna
Michael Fassbender, Nobody’s Fool
Despite his surprisingly straightforward approach to acting, the man who will soon play both Macbeth and Steve Jobs is full of contradictions. On the road with film’s magnetic outsider.
First row, from left: composer Philip Glass, artist Chuck Close, writer Bob Colacello, writer Edmund White, artist Duane Michals, writer Jessica Hagedorn, writer Larry Kramer, editor Jason Epstein and performer Penny Arcade. Second row, from left: artist Lucas Samaras, writer Gary Indiana, artist John Dugdale, writer Vivian Gornick, cartoonist Art Spiegelman, artist Sue Williams, musician Richard Hell and artist Brice Marden. Third row, from left: artist Tom Bianchi, writer Brad Gooch, actress Susan Sarandon, model Iman, writer Fran Lebowitz, musician David Johansen, musician DJ Kool Herc, actress Lauren Hutton, artist Anthony McCall, gallery owner Tony Shafrazi and musician and artist Fab Five Freddy. Shot on location at the Swiss Institute, Wooster Street.
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Photograph by Richard Renaldi. Produced by Lauren Tabach-Bank
They Made New York
Twenty-eight legends of the Downtown scene — including Philip Glass, Larry Kramer, Chuck Close and Iman — gather in SoHo for a special portrait.
The photographs in this story are by the late Peter Hujar (1934-87), one of the key figures in New York’s downtown art scene. Here, "Nassau Street," 1975, taken in the financial district.
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Courtesy of Peter Hujar Archive LLC, courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Why Can’t We Stop Talking About New York in the Late 1970s?
The late 1970s were some of the darkest, bleakest years in New York’s history. So why can’t we stop talking about them?
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Photograph by Simon Watson. Produced by Michael Reynolds
James Ivory’s Home Befits His Extraordinary Life
The director’s early 19th-century mansion on the Hudson is where, for 40 years, he and his longtime friends and collaborators gathered to feast, drink, argue and make movie magic. At 87, he’s still creating beauty.
In "Christiaan, 29 October, 2011" and "Christiaan, 27 December 2014," Dijkstra, the Dutch artist known for challenging the conventions of traditionally posed portraiture, features the same boy at 13 and again at 16.
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Courtesy of Rineke Dijsktra
The Male Muse, Depicted by Women
In a portfolio curated by Leanne Shapton, seven women capture the mysterious, beloved, scrutinized subject still rare in the art world: men.