Benjamin Dawkins
@bendawkins124.bsky.social
Film photography enthusiast, wanderer/traveller, sometimes activist. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Uni Kent PhD researcher on covert homosexuality in late 19th century art.
Uni Kent PhD researcher on covert homosexuality in late 19th century art.
As a gay ace, I love that the uni college where I’m living flies the #asexuality flag for #PrideMonth. We’ve had numerous calm weather days recently, so was hard to get a photo. I captured this one, flying to the left and not right. It’s not straight. It’s not conforming. I like that! Happy Pride!
June 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
As a gay ace, I love that the uni college where I’m living flies the #asexuality flag for #PrideMonth. We’ve had numerous calm weather days recently, so was hard to get a photo. I captured this one, flying to the left and not right. It’s not straight. It’s not conforming. I like that! Happy Pride!
I’ve been collecting 1950s bodybuilder magazines for a while now. These two front covers (1953 & 55) are by Arax of Paris. Like most physique photographers of the time he obscured his identity to avoid obscenity laws. Real name Krikor Djololian-Arax, he captured the male form from the 1930s to 70s.
February 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I’ve been collecting 1950s bodybuilder magazines for a while now. These two front covers (1953 & 55) are by Arax of Paris. Like most physique photographers of the time he obscured his identity to avoid obscenity laws. Real name Krikor Djololian-Arax, he captured the male form from the 1930s to 70s.
My top 10 continued. Disclaimer: other great books also available! #LGBTHistoryMonth
1. The Sexual Perspective 🥇🌈🎨
A truly beautiful book exploring art through its production by gay artists, the ‘gay gaze’, social contexts and more. So much here of use to students and researchers at all levels. 💜
1. The Sexual Perspective 🥇🌈🎨
A truly beautiful book exploring art through its production by gay artists, the ‘gay gaze’, social contexts and more. So much here of use to students and researchers at all levels. 💜
February 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My top 10 continued. Disclaimer: other great books also available! #LGBTHistoryMonth
1. The Sexual Perspective 🥇🌈🎨
A truly beautiful book exploring art through its production by gay artists, the ‘gay gaze’, social contexts and more. So much here of use to students and researchers at all levels. 💜
1. The Sexual Perspective 🥇🌈🎨
A truly beautiful book exploring art through its production by gay artists, the ‘gay gaze’, social contexts and more. So much here of use to students and researchers at all levels. 💜
My top 10 continued. #LGBTHistoryMonth
2. Hard to Imagine 🥈🎞️📸
Thomas Waugh literally tells us as it is. It’s full on, and all the better for it! Incredibly well researched and well written. More early history than my no. 3, Fully Exposed. With my no. 1, it should be on everyone’s bookshelves.
2. Hard to Imagine 🥈🎞️📸
Thomas Waugh literally tells us as it is. It’s full on, and all the better for it! Incredibly well researched and well written. More early history than my no. 3, Fully Exposed. With my no. 1, it should be on everyone’s bookshelves.
February 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
My top 10 continued. #LGBTHistoryMonth
2. Hard to Imagine 🥈🎞️📸
Thomas Waugh literally tells us as it is. It’s full on, and all the better for it! Incredibly well researched and well written. More early history than my no. 3, Fully Exposed. With my no. 1, it should be on everyone’s bookshelves.
2. Hard to Imagine 🥈🎞️📸
Thomas Waugh literally tells us as it is. It’s full on, and all the better for it! Incredibly well researched and well written. More early history than my no. 3, Fully Exposed. With my no. 1, it should be on everyone’s bookshelves.
My top 10 books, continued.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
3. Fully Exposed 🥉📸📸
An absolute must for anyone exploring the history of male nude photography. I found this incredibly useful when researching the ‘artist aid’ nude photography of 1850s-80s, Eadweard Muybridge, and 1950s physique magazines.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
3. Fully Exposed 🥉📸📸
An absolute must for anyone exploring the history of male nude photography. I found this incredibly useful when researching the ‘artist aid’ nude photography of 1850s-80s, Eadweard Muybridge, and 1950s physique magazines.
February 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
My top 10 books, continued.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
3. Fully Exposed 🥉📸📸
An absolute must for anyone exploring the history of male nude photography. I found this incredibly useful when researching the ‘artist aid’ nude photography of 1850s-80s, Eadweard Muybridge, and 1950s physique magazines.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
3. Fully Exposed 🥉📸📸
An absolute must for anyone exploring the history of male nude photography. I found this incredibly useful when researching the ‘artist aid’ nude photography of 1850s-80s, Eadweard Muybridge, and 1950s physique magazines.
My top 10 books for homosexuality in late 19th/early 20th century art, cont.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
4. Queer British Art 🎨🌈
An absolute gem and future classic. Accompanied a 2017 Tate Britain exhibition. Well written and impressive for its diversity of content, revealing a rich history of queer art. 💛
#LGBTHistoryMonth
4. Queer British Art 🎨🌈
An absolute gem and future classic. Accompanied a 2017 Tate Britain exhibition. Well written and impressive for its diversity of content, revealing a rich history of queer art. 💛
February 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My top 10 books for homosexuality in late 19th/early 20th century art, cont.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
4. Queer British Art 🎨🌈
An absolute gem and future classic. Accompanied a 2017 Tate Britain exhibition. Well written and impressive for its diversity of content, revealing a rich history of queer art. 💛
#LGBTHistoryMonth
4. Queer British Art 🎨🌈
An absolute gem and future classic. Accompanied a 2017 Tate Britain exhibition. Well written and impressive for its diversity of content, revealing a rich history of queer art. 💛
Two from my uni library.
6. The Naked Portrait - 20thC art and photography by a previous lecturer of mine, Martin Hammer. Mapplethorpe, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nan Goldin, Alice Neel and more.
5. Nude Men - Great essays, wide ranging examples. Loving the Schiele, Anton Kolig, Richard Gerstl content.
6. The Naked Portrait - 20thC art and photography by a previous lecturer of mine, Martin Hammer. Mapplethorpe, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nan Goldin, Alice Neel and more.
5. Nude Men - Great essays, wide ranging examples. Loving the Schiele, Anton Kolig, Richard Gerstl content.
February 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Two from my uni library.
6. The Naked Portrait - 20thC art and photography by a previous lecturer of mine, Martin Hammer. Mapplethorpe, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nan Goldin, Alice Neel and more.
5. Nude Men - Great essays, wide ranging examples. Loving the Schiele, Anton Kolig, Richard Gerstl content.
6. The Naked Portrait - 20thC art and photography by a previous lecturer of mine, Martin Hammer. Mapplethorpe, Wolfgang Tillmans, Nan Goldin, Alice Neel and more.
5. Nude Men - Great essays, wide ranging examples. Loving the Schiele, Anton Kolig, Richard Gerstl content.
My top 10 books, continued.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
8. Art & Queer Culture
7. Museum Bums
Both of these are a joy to delve into. Informative, alive with social history and commentary, and beautifully illustrated. Plus, some of art’s greatest assets too! 🧡
#LGBTHistoryMonth
8. Art & Queer Culture
7. Museum Bums
Both of these are a joy to delve into. Informative, alive with social history and commentary, and beautifully illustrated. Plus, some of art’s greatest assets too! 🧡
February 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My top 10 books, continued.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
8. Art & Queer Culture
7. Museum Bums
Both of these are a joy to delve into. Informative, alive with social history and commentary, and beautifully illustrated. Plus, some of art’s greatest assets too! 🧡
#LGBTHistoryMonth
8. Art & Queer Culture
7. Museum Bums
Both of these are a joy to delve into. Informative, alive with social history and commentary, and beautifully illustrated. Plus, some of art’s greatest assets too! 🧡
My current top 10 books for exploring homosexuality in Western art history, late 19th/early 20th century. 🤩🌈📚
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
10. Queer X Design - The coded images, signs, symbols, tools used pre-1970s.
9. Art & Homosexuality - Brilliant title exploring Renaissance to modern day.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
10. Queer X Design - The coded images, signs, symbols, tools used pre-1970s.
9. Art & Homosexuality - Brilliant title exploring Renaissance to modern day.
February 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My current top 10 books for exploring homosexuality in Western art history, late 19th/early 20th century. 🤩🌈📚
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
10. Queer X Design - The coded images, signs, symbols, tools used pre-1970s.
9. Art & Homosexuality - Brilliant title exploring Renaissance to modern day.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBTHM
10. Queer X Design - The coded images, signs, symbols, tools used pre-1970s.
9. Art & Homosexuality - Brilliant title exploring Renaissance to modern day.
February 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
