Steven Meisel Does Kohei Yoshiyuki

Inspired by these old school Kodak infrared flashbulb illuminated snaps of Japanese sexhibitionists and their peeping toms in parks that were shot by Kohei Yoshiyuki in the early '70s, fashion photographer Steven Meisel has created his own version in a layout that was (supposedly) too hot to run in Vogue Italy, so we get to look at them on the internets. NSFW, unless you work in an orgy pit.

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gnosis | #1 | 12:59 on Fri, Nov.14 | Reply

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What an interesting inspiration for a shoot. I like it. AND I had forgotten about those creepy 70's photos!

grimc | #2 | 13:55 on Fri, Nov.14 | Reply

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I don't consider my duties in the orgy pit, "work".

shmengie | #3 | 14:30 on Fri, Nov.14 | Reply

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just knockin' one out, here at work. tgif!

gnosis | #4 | 16:04 on Fri, Nov.14 | Reply

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@GRMC - Ha!

martha_macarthur | #5 | 20:08 on Fri, Nov.14 | Reply

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i think they missed the mark with these, they loose the voyeur element and focus more on the sex.

hobomike | #6 | 00:22 on Sat, Nov.15 | Reply

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"NSFW, unless you work in an orgy pit."? Whaat???

This is waaay TAME stuff, yo. NY magazine is hosting it fer cryin' out loud! Meisel, always the brilliant technician, gives us a nostalgic vu-ja-de by opening a long-lost bottle of pre-VHS 70's porn ennui. How innocent we once were! Amazingly, more sexual than gonzo porn! What have we lost?

BB, I love you but sometimes I think you need to grow a pair.
This is ART.

Teresa Nielsen Hayden | #7 | 17:15 on Sat, Nov.15 | Reply

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HoboMike @6: And did David say this was gamiest porn in captivity? He did not. All he did was put some extra ornamentation on a NSFW warning.

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