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| Peter George in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio) |
Peter George seems to be hanging up his fishing net here at the end of long day of work.
It's a nice image giving a pleasing, mildly suggestive view of his cute, tight ass.
It's a nice image giving a pleasing, mildly suggestive view of his cute, tight ass.
It's a civilian scenario but he's wearing a military belt, it is discarded for other shots in the set.
The underlying, arm raised, pose here is inspired by the victory salute in classical statues, so draping it with a black net seems like a deliberate comment on the artistic restrictions caused by the social attitudes of the 50's. The rope coiled round his wrist is even more obviously symbolic of restraint.
This group of photos appeared in 1961/62 under Royale's, then-emerging, Hussar brand. Peter's tight white trousers with the bottoms of the legs turned up copy what sailors used to do when washing decks but the practice also suggests a dash of stylish individuality which has not been completely overwhelmed by the uniform.
The rope and the net augment the nautical theme but also supply a hint of bdsm.
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| Matt Carrol, Fed Up Sailor by John Palatinus |
Calf length trousers were also used for sailor imagery by other contemporaries, such as Palatinus and Barrington. This picture addresses the drudgery and humiliation of having to wash decks directly but the lump in his pants suggests he doesn't mind being bossed. They look more like riding breeches than naval ducks to me but I'm not complaining!
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| Peter George in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio) |
This is the time of year for nicely wrapped packages, so this grainy image of Peter George is not entirely out of place. The bulge in his pants is teasingly believable here (if not quite as riveting as Matt Carrol's hosepipe just above).
Peter has discarded his belt here and is also disentangled from the rope and net, but his slightly seductive pose does not entirely dispel the simmering possibility of restraint and bdsm. We saw the fishing net previously, you may recall, in the fetishistic, wader images of Peter George Part 4. It's possible these pictures come from the same shoot.
US sailors did wear straw boaters something like this at one time, but I'm not sure that Brits ever did, certainly not with shredded brims. Basil Clavering was an ex-sailor and a stickler for authenticity by some accounts, but the pictures in this series put me more in mind of a farm boy than a sailor.
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| Peter George in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio) |
This proud, defiant pose with net and rope completely discarded seems to pick up that idea of throwing off restraint. It also gives Peter a chance to show off some impressive pec and arm musculature projecting a sense of inner power that counterbalances the sudden appearance of 'nakedness' produced by discarding the belt and all those accessories.
I dare say that the bulge lower down has also caught your eye. It' looks a more improbable manifestation here but still teases the eye with intriguing detail and I suppose it contributes a sexual dimension to the story of the inner man breaking free. It irresistibly reminds me of the homoerotic trickery of British contemporary photographer, Scott of London*.
I don't think the tight fit of the pants around Peter's thighs is faked, however, it's a very sexy look.
*Normally Basil Clavering and his colleague John Parkhurst are credited with producing the photographs of Royale Studio but I do wonder whether Scott (aka Tom Nicholl) was involved when I see 'bulge' pictures like this. He certainly photographed some of the models used by Royale for his own output and I recently stumbled across a reference which suggests a more direct connection which I will reveal in a future post.
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| Peter George snoozing in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio) |
No Peter George series of photographs is complete without some shots of his amazing backside.
Even cloaked in trousers in an image of indifferent quality, his allure shines through.
These clandestine peeks always seem sexy.
His face seems to reflect his growing maturity from this viewpoint.
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| Peter George sleeping in tight-fitting Sailor Pants (Hussar Studio) |
Freed from his constraints the freed man relaxes into dreams while he waits for the right man to come alone (Matt Carrol?). I don't think he'll have to wait too long.
Peter's backside is once again the focus here in an image that is unquestionably framed with an eye to sexual allure. There's absolutely no pretence of showcasing an athlete's dedication to health and weight-training in the gym - although I've no doubt that pursuit contributed to his shapeliness in this department.
This daring image appeared in the British Magazine, Scan No 10 in 1961.
Whether they got away with it I don't know.
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More about Royale and Peter George in a Future Post (pending)