Thanks for posting this classic series.
It's funny to think of something like this as an American import
(meaning it came FROM America, I guess?). Though I suppose America
once was very different than it is today. At any rate it seemed so.
On 2007-09-26 11:45:09 -0400, HMSVictorian@NBGLtd.com (Victor Vic) said:
>
> This is a representation of the best of the groundbreaking photographic
> essay, The Boy, as originally posted by Johnie.
> I recall the very first time I saw a picture from this book.
> It was the one of the curly-headed lad in dark briefs, standing on a
> tree stump, wearing a winsome grin.
> I saw the photograph in one of my dad's photo magazines--I believe an
> American import.
> It was an advertisement for the book.
>
> It set my heart thundering in excitement, most terribly.
>
> I was immediately smitten with love!
> Or at least lust.
>
> I was fifteen years old.
>
> VV
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