There’s an increasing amount of calendars available each year full of hot guys, but they’re nearly all in a similar mode – full of young, traditionally beautiful, muscly studs whose body hair has all been shaved into oblivion. Indeed, even though I’m a fan of the Warwick Rowers and their yearly naked calendar, I do wonder whether it’s got to the point where when they induct new members to their rowing club, it’s more important how hot they they look than how good they are in a boat.
The calendar Babes Of Bushwick offers something a bit different, as it shows off real guys (complete with body hair), many of whom have a bit of a hipsterish air.
The calendar comes from photographer Michelle Ma, who said originally she planned to make something closer to the many other stud calendars are released each year, which she wanted to make in response to a local bar that had started selling a calendar full of trashy, seuxalised pics of woman. She told Brooklyn Magazine, “At first it was going to be a totally trashy oiled up fireman-esque thing. But the more friends of mine signed up to model, the more I realized that that was exactly what I didn’t want, because why would I want to objectify my friends in a degrading way. I decided that I wanted the photos to be tasteful, not overtly gratuitous or sleazy.”
You can take a look at a few more of the rather cool pics below (click on them for bigger versions) – and it is nice to see some really good pics of some real-looking people – and head over to Brooklyn Mag for more info.
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