Vintage Military - Part 100

 World War I POWs

Our first photo shows prisoners of war in the German Kasan barracks during the German occupation of Bialystock, Poland in World War I.  They are being deloused, which was done to prevent the spread of typhus.

These are poilus (French soldiers) in a German POW camp in WWI.

French prisoners of war showering in a German POW camp near Berlin in March, 1915.

Russian POWs being disinfected in a German POW camp in 1916.

This intriguing photo was taken in Austria in 1917 and labeled "Acromegaly in a Montenegrin POW".  Acromegaly is abnormal growth caused by the body making too much growth hormone.

We end with a photo from 1919, after World War I ended, showing French and English POWs who came back from Germany being disinfected in Holland.

World Naked Gardening Day 2026

World Naked Gardening Day

Today, the first Saturday in May, is World Naked Gardening Day.  Above, my blog follower Rex Dogg sent this photo of himself on World Naked Gardening Day 2024.

And here's Rex Dogg on World Naked Gardening Day 2025.

World Naked Gardening Day really is celebrated around the world.  Here's Andy hoeing a friend's garden in Italy in 2022.

Mikael raking in Denmark.

Mr. Plant Geek, Michael Perry, in England in 2019.

S. F. Naked Guy dallying among the dahlias in San Francisco.

Isarbear with a watering can in Munich, Germany.

Jerome Taid with a watering can in France.

We end with a view of Mikael's end as he harvests blackcurrants in Denmark.

Lei Day 2026

Lei Day

Today is May Day, but in Hawaii, where I live, it is also Lei Day. celebrating the lei, or Hawaiian flower necklace.  Today we will look at a guy in the World Naked Bike Ride in Brighton, England in 2018 who wore a lei and not much else.  His lei is made of plastic flowers, not real ones, but I'll excuse him.

At some point he went into the Victoria Fountain in the Old Steine Gardens.

Here he is in the fountain.

Climbing out of the fountain

Dancing with other WNBR participants.

More dancing.

We end with a view of him wearing his lei above the crowd.

Olympics - Part 19

 1924 Winter Olympics, Chamonix
George Mallory

The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France in January and February, 1924.  A gold medal in alpinism was awarded to the members of the team that had attempted to climb Mt. Everest in 1922, though the team was unsuccessful in reaching the summit.  One of the members of that team was George Mallory (1886-1924).

Above, one of a series of photos of Mallory by Vanessa Bell in 1912, long before his Everest attempt.

Mallory by Vanessa Bell, 1912.

Mallory by Vanessa Bell, 1912.

Mallory by Vanessa Bell, 1912.

Mallory by Vanessa Bell, 1912.

Above: a painting of George Mallory by Duncan Grant, 1913.

We end with a photo of three members of the 1922 Everest expedition.  From left: Howard Somervell, Arthur Wakefield, and George Mallory.  Are you starting to get the idea that Mallory liked to be naked?

In 1924, after the Winter Olympics, Mallory was on the British team that attempted Everest again.  George Mallory and Andrew Irvine died attempting to reach the summit.  They were last seen about 800 feet below the summit, and then they disappeared and never returned to camp.  To this day there is debate about whether they might have reached the summit before their demise.  In other words, could George Mallory have been the first man to reach the summit of Everest?  We will never know.  

Mallory's body was finally found on Everest in 1999.  Supposedly Mallory had been carrying a photo of his wife Ruth that he intended to leave on the summit of Everest, and the photo was not found on his body.  Does that mean that he left it on the summit?  Maybe, but it's not proof that he was there.

The first verified climbers to reach the summit of Mt. Everest were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.

Performers - Part 85

Jesse Rutherford

Jesse Rutherford, born in 1991, is an American singer, songwriter and former actor.  He is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band The Neighborhood.  This photo was taken early in his career, before he was covered with tattoos.

A rear view with only one tattoo.

A later shot, with his chest and arms covered with tattoos.

A butt shot.

We end with a video clip of him pissing, which he obviously arranged and approved.

Photographers - Part 85

 Dylan Rosser

Dylan Rosser, above, is a physique photographer specializing in the nude male.  He currently lives in London but often shoots in New York and Los Angeles.

His website is careful to only show rear nudity, not frontal.  This is Matt, photographed for The Male Form in 2011.

Christopher, The Male Form, 2011.

But Rosser also photographs plenty of frontal views.  Liam, The Male Form, 2011.

Ray, The Male Form, 2011.

And other websites have no restrictions on showing his frontal views.  This is Bryan Slater, 2012.

Dmitry Strigun, 2023.

Unidentified model, 2023.

Unidentified model, 2023.

Rosser has published several books of nude photos.  One of his books is titled Full Frontal.  Above is a promotional clip for another book, Penis Portraits.

We close with a gif that I made from another promotional clip.

Calendars - Part 86

Warwick Rowers 2019 Bonus

Since 2009, the rowing team of the University of Warwick in Warwick, England has put out a nude calendar to fight homophobia and promote inclusivity in sport, regardless of sex, race or gender identity.

The calendar photos feature rear nudity but conceal frontal nudity.

But the 2019 calendar also included a set of bonus photos that were less restrictive, and today we look at some of them.

Many of these photos were taken on a train.  Above, the train had a passageway on one side.

Looking from the passageway into a sleeping compartment, where two students are reading.

Reading The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins and Capitalism by John Plender.  The latter sounds like it was assigned for a course.

Another reader on the train, reading Machiavelli's The Prince, probably also for a course.

Brushing his teeth without water or a basin?

"Hello, there.  Can I join you?"

"Yes.  Please share my bed."

The quartet of students we have seen so far.

Two other students were shown outdoors, waving Warwick banners ...

and later, they were also bedmates on the train.