7/09/2013

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN BARRINGTON






























JOHN BARRINGTON.  Steve Wengryn.  Date unknown.

John Barrington was a British photographer whose work with the male nude from 1948 until his death in 1991 caused him to be prosecuted numerous times.  As a gay cultural entrepreneur, he helped create the first market for physique and beefcake photography in England.  He counted Jean Cocteau, Noel Coward, Franco Zeffirelli and Gore Vidal among his friends.