If you're already starting to get confused over all the new beefcake calendars crowding the shelves this time of year, your choice is about to get more difficult: the Eastern European studlets of Bel Ami want you to consider letting them help you arrange your schedule and appointments in 2008. (That is why people spend money on these things, right?) The new Boys of Bel Ami is lensed by San Francisco-based photographer Howard Roffman and is based on his popular coffee table book of the same name.
Shot on location during the production of this year's insta-classic "Out in Africa", the calendar features an appropriately black-and-white (er, mostly white) palette in its selection of lush photos. As much as we're looking forward to kicking off the year with Sebastian Bonnet, it's going to be hard to wait until October to spend the month with Tommy Hansen. Then again, we've waited this long ...
· The Boys of Bel Ami 2008 Calendar Part 1 and Part 2 (legayblog.com)
· Order: The Boys of Bel Ami 2008 Calendar and The Boys of Bel Ami (Amazon)
· Howard Roffman Photography (howardroffman.com)
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Previously: Howard Roffman's "The Boys of Bel Ami", Howard Roffman's "Texas Twins", DVD: Bel Ami's "Out In Africa 2", Bel Ami: "Too Many Boys" Preview, Bel Ami's "Enchanted Forest" Gallery DVD: Bel Ami's "Mating Season"