Photographers - Part 93

 Guglielmo Plüschow

Guglielmo Plüschow (1852-1930) was a German photographer who moved to Italy in 1870 and changed his name from Wilhelm to Guglielmo.  He became known for his nude photos of local youths.

Vincenzo Galdi, 1890.  Plüschow was gay.  Galdi was a favorite model and seems to have been Plüschow's lover.  Galdi later became a photographer in his own right.

Male Nude Seated on Leopard Skin, 1890s.

A Sicilian Boy Posing Naked Outdoors, c. 1900.  This might be Galdi.  Although he's called a Sicilian boy, and Galdi was from Naples, at one time all of southern Italy, including Naples, was part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Curly-Haired Boy From Behind Playing a Fife, 1900s.  This looks like the same model as the previous photo.

An Old Man and a Youth, 1900-1907.

An undated photo called A Sicilian Boy, Posing Naked Outdoors by a Doorway, Taormina, Sicily.

Naked Man Before a Black Brocade Cloth, 1900-1907.

We end with Naked Algerian Boy Leaning on a Black Cloth, 1904-1907.  Plüschow and Galdi traveled to Algeria in 1904, where they lived and worked for three years.  In 1907 the parents of some of Plüschow's young models complained to authorities that he had had anal sex with their sons.  Plüschow was convicted and imprisoned for three years.  When he was released, Plüschow left Algeria and moved to Berlin.

Note that this youth was circumcised, as most Muslims are, whereas the Italians were uncircumcised.