These Pictures Give Us A Not-So-Fresh Feeling

It's amazing that beefcake photographs from olden days still rear up their heads today. Thanks to unfortunately-named photographer, collector, and editor Reed Massengill they are still being unearthed and giving us boners.

These are from his new book "Uncovered: Vintage Rare Male Nudes." Since they're called vintage he probably spent whole afternoons sorting through crap to find the few jems, like that blue terrycloth jumper we found at a flea market in Brooklyn. Anyway, the photos seem to be of the beefcake and physique variety which we find tremendously sexy because they're trying to pretend like they're wholesome but really it's just pornography putting on airs. We certainly don't need to see our smut gussied up, but it's a testament to the men both behind and in front of the camera that, if these are still hot today, they had to be doing something right.

· What's Old is Nude (newyork.timeout.com)