A Man From Gloucestershire

Terry just reached what he calls an old age of 47 last month. He has Paul McCartney’s eyes. Must be an English trait.

Terry has fun being a man. He has fun with his penis, wanking it certainly, but also taking pictures of it.

Pictures of his privates run from whimsical, to artistic, to sensuous. He is a novice photographer who loves taking pictures as a hobby.

Terry’s motivation in photography is not just taking photo’s of himself, but of anything that catches his eye: wild life, landscapes, stills, etc.

He enjoys taking pictures because it relaxes him from the stresses of work and and every day life. He says you can make a story unfold from a photo, almost like when your reading a book … you can almost read between the lines.

Terry is gay and single … still trying to find a sole mate, he says. He has a good relationship with his brother who is straight and married. The two men participate in impromptu photo shoots now and then.

Terry sincerely believes the human body is beautiful.  He says: “We can see, by looking at a nude male or female, what we can’t see in ourselves; that in ourselves we see more of what we might not like, while others may see it differently. And when we get a nice comment we feel validated, which encourages a guy like me to take more photos.”About his attraction to men, Terry says: “At work, if I see a good looking guy, I have this Continue reading

A Man in the Bath

This innocuous little male centerpiece belongs to a man that has taken a place in my heart. He has reached a point in his life that has placed him on a road of self-discovery. He has created a world in his mind, shared only here on Enlightened Male, a world were people are beautiful creatures and human sexuality is a wonderful mystery to explore. It’s a world but a few men could create, men of big hearts and loving intellect, voiced with eloquence, using words that create dreams. When he sent these delightful pictures, I thought I would share them with you here.

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Up Close With Edward Po … aka AragonPrime

Here is a man that I have become quite fond of in a short time. Don’t ask me why. Maybe because something comes through his personable face. Maybe because his photographs reveal an interesting man. Maybe because we have walked down some of the same roads during our decades of life. I’ll never meet him because he lives too far away. But one thing I can do is imagine the great friendship he and I might otherwise have.

Edward is an “amateur” photographer. You might think “highly skilled” photographer would be a better way to put it after looking at his stunning work.

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We bantered about the condition of our asses, mine being so much less photogenic than his. But then he’s out taking pictures while I sit on mine writing all day, which probably explains it.

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Is it the pose that makes this photograph so appealing? Is it the natural lighting Edward has captured? Those things are certainly part of it. But it’s also the the male beauty, the man at one with his body and with Mother Earth. It’s the subtle suggestion that it’s the simple things in life that count.

Here Edward is having fun experimenting with pixel manipulation. He told me his Photoshop skills are not great. Like me, he doesn’t have the patience.

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The male form in silhouette. The model: Edward Po. The mood: intoxicating … at least for those who know how to appreciate it. How many men half his age would envy his body?

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A winter day in upstate New York. A man alone in a hot tub, contemplating, so it would seem, the gift of life, captured for posterity by an “amateur” photographer. I personally would call him a thoughtful and imaginative photographer. What Edward is showing us is nudity is natural. He’s showing us that it’s okay to be in touch with your body and enjoy living in it.

During the course of our email discussions, Edward said this: “I love the capture of the play of light and shadows, as well as capturing the human form – male or female.  I use myself as model most of the time as I am available and cheap and willing to put up with a demanding photographer.”

So you may wonder why I call Edward Po an intriguing man … this photograph helps explain it. When I saw it, my imagination ran amuck. Though he probably did all of this alone, I pictured two men painting each other, then photographing the results. Continue reading

On Their Bikes … Another Round

What spectacular fun. To the delight of hundreds of spectators along the route, men (and women) of every size, color and shape ditch their clothes and take to the saddle. It’s a growing phenomena, practiced all over the world in the increasingly popular World Naked Bike Ride and events like the Fremont Summer Solstice Parade.You wonder if those who paint their bodies feel naked.

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