Martin de Crignis: the beauty & the boys

In his work the beauty & the boys, photographer Martin de Crignis subtly touches on issues of body cult, naturalness, and masculinity.

Male nudes have always been an expression of strength, beauty, and desire. Today, the naked male body is often viewed as a symbol of homosexual desire and is subject to a similar objectification within the community as the heterosexual female body — despite the social narrative of diversity and body positivity.

This raises important questions: which bodies ar...