BIRON                                         Photos by BIRON • summa photografica: multicultural male images 1993-2020+                                                             scroll down–> WHAT ARTIST KEHINDE WILEY HAS DONE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO DO FOR MULTICULTURALISM: TO INCLUDE THE HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED INTO WESTERN ART. MULTICULTURALISM CAN BE SEEN AS A COMPLEX AMALGAM OF  SEEMINGLY ANACHRONISTIC CULTURAL ELEMENTS LINKED IN NEW UXEXPECTED WAYS THAT MY PHOTOGRAPHY SEEKS TO ILLUSTRATE.  HOWEVER, THOSE WHO CONSIDER MY WORK 'PORN' AND NOT 'ART' ARE FREE TO OBJECT TO THIS COMPARISON.  I MAKE NO AESTHETIC CLAIM, BUT EVEN IF VIEWED AS ARTLESS PORNOGRAPHY, I BELIEVE THE PHOTOGRAPHS STILL HAVE REDEEMING SOCIAL VALUE AND SHOULD NOT BE CENSORED.   It would be a great achievement to one day integrate Pornography into Art. Nau mai ki Whakaahua na Biron.       In celebration of my 75th birthday, this is my selection of my photos over the past 25 years. My sincere thanks to all the models who shared their beauty. -Biron (10/11/16)       Uyemukelwa ezithombeni ngu Biron.             • photo BOOKS                       DO NOT  PRESUME THE SEXUAL  IDENTITY OF THE MODELS FOR SOME OF THE BEST ARE STRAIGHT.   • MODELS listed by  &                   • selected PHOTOS by 1-20 &  21-41                 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| 13| 14| 15| 16| 17| 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23| 24| 25| 26| 27| 28| 29| 30| 31| 32| 33| 34| 35| 36| 37| 38| 39| 40| 41| 42| 43| 46| 47| 48| 49| 50| 51| 52| 53| 54| 55| 56| 57| 58| 59| 60| 61| 62| 63| 64| 65| 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72                               KENNETH HOLLYWOOD – AFRO-CHEROKEE NATIVE-AMERICAN WITH FUR NECK WRAP (2016) • 580 PHOTOS GALLERY             • BOOKS                 • B L O W  U P   Die schlimmste Zensur ist die Selbstzensur! -biron The worst kind of censorship is self-censorship!               FRANKE – ITALIAN-AM MODEL – IN BIKE RACING OUTFIT Courtesy of PETER BERLIN (1997). Note Franke's finger gesture, an allusion to the Louvre's 16th Century Fontainbeau School painting of Gabrielle d'Estrées  FRANKE & GABRIELLE • VERGES VICTORIEUSES / STIFF PRICKS –> GALLERY  FIRST EXHIBITED HERE IN APRIL 2018. THE (37) 8 X 12" ARCHIVAL PRINTS WERE SENT TO THE AU BONHEUR DU JOUR GALLERY IN PARIS WHICH REJECTED THEM ENDING OUR 13 YEAR ASSOCIATION.  ALL MY PHOTOS WERE RETURNED FROM PARIS AND ARE NOW ARCHIVED AT THE KINSEY INSTITUTE.   MIGUEL  –MEXICAN-AMERICAN HAIR STYLIST – NUDE ON THE WHITE METAL CHAIR (2005) • GALLERY ENTER Le pire type de censure est l'autocensure! -biron 最悪の検閲は自己検閲です！ バイロン   MICKO  – JAPANESE-FILIPINO-AM BBOY & BARTENDER – IN SHEER RED TIGHTS SEATED ON BLACK CUBE (2005)  • 251 PHOTO GALLERY •  MICKO PHOTO BOOK (2014)     BILLY MANN GAY CLUB MANAGER FROM AMSTERDAM WITH A BAMBARA 5-HORN ANDROGYNOUS TRIBAL MASK FROM MALI, WEST AFRICA (L) and (R) WITH A CERAMIC FACE MASK by TOM GALLAGHER (1993). POSTER-SIZED 20 X 30" KODAK PRINTS OF THE PHOTOS WERE INCLUDED IN THE 'MALE NUDES' EXHIBITION AT THE SCOTT NICHOLS GALLERY (San Francisco, May 4 – June 25, 1994). READ MORE: HERE              DREW BACCHAE – AFRO-CHINESE-AMERICAN MODEL & COMPETITIVE SWIMMER – IN A 1976 GCS CENTER T-SHIRT (2015). THE GCS IN ANN ARBOR, MI – ONE OF FIRST GAY COMMUNITY CENTERS – LASTED 18 MONTHS. GCS HOSTED A GAY HOTLINE FUNDRAISER ATTENDED BY GAY POET ALLEN GINSBERG GALLERY   ADOLFO – from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – IN BLACK LEATHER COAT by GUCCI (2001).  Adolfo toured Mexico with his dance troupe. • DESIGNER FASHION GALLERY •<–BLOW UP   "The Youth of Bacchus" 1884 by William Bouguereau (1825-1905)• J.J. in Collage by BIRON (2010) THIS IMAGE WAS MODIFIED TO INCLUDE  TWO NUDE PHOTOGRAPHS, TAKEN 110 YEARS LATER IN 2004, OF 18 YEAR OLD AFRICAN -AMERICAN MODEL J.J.                         • READ ABOUT THE PAINTING BACCHUS & THE COLLAGE: HERE • for more sexy J.J. photos: GALLERY JASON – MODEL AND AUTHOR OF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL 'THE REVERIE BUBBLE' (2014) FEATURING PHOTOGRAPHER 'BARRON' – IN SHEER BLACK BRIEFS AND BOXING GLOVES (2005) • (4) B L O W  U P S Two photo shoots described in novel 'The Reverie Bubble': GALLERY        BRENNAN FOSTER - FALCON STUDIOS PORN STAR. HIS AUDITION SHOOT IN GALLERY • MORE PICS             TADZIO – PACIFICA SURFER – NUDE HOLDING A YELLOW CERAMIC BALL (1995)              •   B L O W  U P     • 250+ PHOTOS OF TADZIO: GALLERY     • BOOK    MATT JONES – HOLLYWOOD MODEL AND ACTOR IN BLUE & RED REVERSIBLE WRESTLING SINGLET (2005) • 380 PHOTOS!   RICHARD WILLIAMS II – AFRO-AM MODEL & MICHAEL JACKSON'S JAPAN TOUR BACK-UP DANCER – POSING IN BEIGE DANCE SKIRT (1994). • BOOK   AND  • GALLERY AFRO-AMERICAN FOLSOM ST. FAIR DANCER – IN BLACK LEATHER MILITARY CAP AND BLUE VECTOR RUBBER TRUNKS WITH MATCHING VELOCITY SOCKS both by Cell Block 13.       • FOLSOM ST FAIR (2018): GALLERY CITIZEN OF SÃO TOME, AFRICA – the smallest African nation: INFO , IN CLASSIC EARLY '80s GIORGIO ARMANI SILK SHIRT (1998) • BACALA GALLERY        ISSEY – GRAPHIC ARTIST FROM TOKYO – NUDE IN A 1969 MALE YUKATA KIMONO FROM KYOTO, JAPAN. FEATURED IN THE 'BEAUTIFUL ISSEY' COVER AND LAYOUT IN OG MAGAZINE (No. 19, 1997). • b/w GALLERY JEFFERSON CHEN - FROM CHINA - POSTER OF PARIS EXHIBITION (2012) • PARIS GALLERY  DWONE JONES – AFRO-AM MODEL – IN MILITARY JUMPSUIT AT THE PRESIDIO (1994) •ACCORDING TO PLATO BEAUTY IS NOT IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER BUT AN OBJECTIVE TANGIBLE TRUTH.  • GALLERY       DAVID ENRICO – 6'2" ITALIAN-AM COMMERCIAL & FASHION PRINT MODEL. I RECRUITED HIM AT THE EMB PLAZA IN 2007 AND DID HIS FIRST TWO PHOTO SHOOTS.  VIEW HIS PORTFOLIO WITH SCOUT MODELING AGENCY LA.   • ENRICO TRIPTYCH     • 600 PHOTO GALLERY         MOUSTAPHA – PROFESSIONAL SABAR DANCER FROM DAKAR, SENEGAL – LYING ON BLACK LEATHER SOFA WEARING TRADITIONAL WHITE COTTON BALLOON HAREM PANTS & AFRICAN BEAD BRACELETS IN MY CALIFORNIA ST. STUDIO (2013) • MOUSTAPHA GALLERY  • MEN OF COLOR GALLERY SABAR IS EXTEMELY SEXY (DIRTY DANCING) WITH ESSENTIALLY FEMALE MOVES MADE BY BOTH THE MALE AND FEMALE DANCERS. TODAY, SABAR IS ROUTINELY DISCOURAGED IN SEXUALLY CONSERVATIVE HOMOPHOBIC ISLAMIC INFLUENCED WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES LIKE MALI AND SENEGAL.    • MOUSTAPHA VIDEO BY BIRON: SABAR & TAP (5:21)      DEVISH – FROM MUMBAI, INDIA – SEATED NUDE ON THE BLACK CUBE WITH A SUNFLOWER  WEARING AN AFRICAN KENTE KUFI KOFI CAP.          • 316 PHOTO GALLERY    • FLOWER POWER    SCOTT - NUDE SWEAT-DRENCHED AFTER HIS GYM WORKOUT – CONTEMPLATING HIS PHYSICAL BEAUTY WITHIN EASY REACH UNLIKE NARCISSUS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY WHO, UNABLE TO GRASP HIS OWN REFLECTION IN A POND, COMMITS SUICIDE (1997) • GALLERY  STEPHE STEVENS WITH FUR HAT (1995) SEATED ON BEEHIVE IN WINSLOW HOMER'S 'THE BUSY BEE,' watercolor and gouache on paper (1875) • BIRON COLLAGE B L O W  U P (2020) THE BLACK BOY IN HOMER'S PAINTING REMAINS FOREVER JUST THAT - A NAMELESS BLACK YOUTH WHILE THE OTHER BLACK BOY – PHOTOGRAPHED 120 YEARS LATER – IS NAMED AND NOT REDUCED TO A STEREOTYPE. EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS A PERSONAL HISTORY THAT DEMANDS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.  MY MODELS ALL HAVE NAMES SO AS TO BETTER CONNECT WITH THE VIEWER. • 32 MORE FRAMED PHOTOS H E R E STEPHE STEVENS -AFRO-ITALIAN-AM MODEL – SEATED NUDE ON THE BLACK CUBE WEARING A WHITE BEAD NECKLACE (1995)  • PORTRAIT WAS SHOWN HERE IN THE MALE NUDE EXHIBITION HELD IN PARIS IN 2013 AT THE AU BONHEUR DU JOUR GALLERY NEAR THE LOUVRE MUSEUM.   • 363 MORE PHOTOS OF STEPHE          KELLY  – FORMER CHILD MODEL FROM CHILE – NUDE IN BLACK LEATHER Courtesy of PETER BERLIN (1996) • SEE Queer Arts Resources (QAR): The Fetish Fashion of Peter Berlin & KELLY BOOK   OZ – THAI MODEL  & ASIAN-PACIFIC MALE BEAUTY CONTEST WINNER – NUDE AMONG THE GRAFFITI COVERED RUINS OF AN ABANDONED WW II MILITARY LOOKOUT OVERLOOKING THE PACIFIC AT LANDS END (1994). OZ - 100 PHOTOS    JOSH -MODEL  – FROM QINGDAO, CHINA – LYING ON BED (2015). QINGDAO IS THE LARGEST CITY IN CHINA'S EASTERN SHANDONG PROVINCE. GALLERY   DRE - AFRO-AM SKATEBOARDER @ THE EMBARCADERO (EMB), August 2006 • B L O W  U P    • GALLERY   • ITAY BOOK                •  ITAY SAILOR GALLERY         •  B L O W  U P            • DUVALL SAVAGE      JAY DAVIS – AFRO-AM POET & MODEL –  NUDE ON BED (2000) • JAY'S POETRY IN DAN OF STEEL REVISITED BOOK (2015) • La Galerie des Beaux Culs  [The Gallery of Beautiful Butts]                   CLICK -–> <–- BLOW-UPS!