Happy 2021! Here’s a preview of some photo sets I'm planning to release in the first half of the year. See the second photo for labels. The next big photo set will be Emil, coming very soon.
A few other updates...
While we've all been stuck inside during the covid crisis, I asked my followers on instagram to send me photos of themselves for a new ongoing project I'm calling 'The Quarantine Collage". Even the most lonely selfie can be transformed into a living piece of art with a little digital magic!...
2021-01-23 06:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another Nick set from the vault- a throwback to one of my earlier photo shoots with a boy I dated in 2018. This was my first bedroom shoot, an incredibly intimate location for portraits. Soft lamplight illuminating tentative smiles, and smooth skin against plaid bedsheets.
In ...
Spanish Artist Alfonso Del Moral painted my photos of Ryan and Grant, which I then used to edit and collage together with the original photos. In my edits, Alfonso's strokes cover the nudity and/or perceived eroticism of my work, creating more of what I've been calling my "censorship art". I love...
2021-01-09 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
December’s featured photo set is from my second shoot with the lovely Ryan! (Yes, we share the same name!)
A fan of my work, Ryan reached out on instagram, telling me that he would love to model nude, although he had never tried anything like it before. A 20-year-old college film student,...
2020-12-26 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
While we've all been stuck inside during the covid crisis, I asked my followers on instagram to send me photos of themselves for a new ongoing project I'm calling 'The Quarantine Collage". Even the most lonely selfie can be transformed into a living piece of art with a little digital magic!...
2020-12-19 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A flashback to my very first male portrait photoshoot in October 2016 with a college pal of mine. Anthony is a handsome swimmer and gamer who has collaborated with me on quite a few film projects over the years. He's outwardly assertive and masculine, but quite sweet, kind and obedient once you g...
2020-12-12 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Embroidery artist Rhys, of XXX Embroidery, created a digital trace of this photo of my model, Ryan. I thought it was so beautiful, I decided to collage and edit it alongside the original photo, adding to my ongoing series of "censorship art". I love creating nude art that can push the bo...
2020-12-05 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
November’s featured photo set is my second shoot with the magnificent Dio!
Back in late 2018, Dio was the first person to pose completely nude for this portrait series- a very fond memory of mine. Only 18 at the time, he possessed an incredible confidence in his body and expression that i...
2020-12-01 01:42:42 +0000 UTC View Post
While we've all been stuck inside during the covid crisis, I asked my followers on instagram to send me photos of themselves for a new ongoing project I'm calling 'The Quarantine Collage". Even the most lonely selfie can be transformed into a living piece of art with a little digital magic!...
2020-11-21 22:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I captured this wonderful texture in my high-contrast portraits of Nick- simply with shadows from a rainy car window. I originally got the idea when taking a selfie (see the last photo in this album).
These shots are from one of my earliest photo shoots, during a date with a boy named Nick...
Gerardo Vizmanos is a photographer based in London and New York. He studied at the School of Visual Arts and has exhibited and featured in many publications. I have been following his lovely work over the years, publishing his photos on my instagram page. I even bought his most recent book!
A few months ago, I was able to plan out a safe and properly social distanced photo shoot with the gorgeous Andrew Haan. Andrew is a unique beauty; 21 years old, half-chinese, slender but with an extremely chiseled physique that he works hard at while in quarantine in Vermont. He's always joking,...
2020-10-31 03:01:30 +0000 UTC View Post
One of my favorite hobbies is recoloring my favorite images. I particularly love isolating and augmenting certain colors to highlight and bring life to certain aspects of a photograph. This technique can be found all across my portrait work. Featured here is my recoloring of the ...
2020-10-28 15:40:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Grant and I met this summer to explore the woods together for a new photoshoot. It was a wonderful break from quarantine to be outdoors and creating again. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. We began our work in wonderfully soft light, shrouded by storm clouds, continuing to shoot throu...
2020-10-11 01:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, Ryan here!
In the middle of editing this past month's full shoot with Grant I experienced another instagram censorship scare. @bnwboys was wrongfully deactivated for the 4th time, and I quickly rushed to fight back and save the page.
Luckily, it only took several...
I love collecting and restoring vintage photos to use as inspiration for my shoots. I wish I could find the photographers of these photos and thank them for having the courage to take photos like these in a time when it was even less acceptable than it is now. There's something about vintage phot...
2020-09-19 22:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I happened across these volleyball players at the beach, and asked to photograph their game. What lovely, sandy camaraderie between grinning friends, a stunning display of friendship and youthful physique.
“My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my pa...
2020-09-12 19:26:35 +0000 UTC View Post
August's model is Narciso, a beautiful boy from Mexico!
Art museum director and sweet beauty Narciso was visiting the United States this past winter, so we finally got to do a shoot! He's a long-time fan of my instagram page @bnwboys and I even featured him a few times over the year...
One of my favorite hobbies is recoloring my favorite images. I particularly love isolating and augmenting certain colors to highlight and bring life to certain aspects of a photograph. This technique can be found all across my portrait work. Featured here is my recoloring of the ...
2020-08-22 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a set from the vault- a throwback to one of my earliest photo shoots during a date with a boy named Nick. In these photos I can sense my tentative energy as I struggled to come to terms with my first foray into the dating world.
In this early work, you can already see my affi...
I love collecting and restoring vintage photos to use as inspiration for my shoots. I wish I could find the photographers of these photos and thank them for having the courage to take photos like these in a time when it was even less acceptable than it is now. There's something about old black an...
2020-08-05 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
July's model is Matthew!
After connecting on instagram, Matthew and I rented a hotel room in southwestern Connecticut to explore with my camera. A longtime follower and aspiring model, Matthew trusted my vision and allowed me to pose him throughout the building in various states of un...
2020-07-31 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I collaged 3 vintage photos of a beautiful boy joyously frolicking through a fountain in tight sodden briefs. The first 2 are my digital edits, followed by the 3 original photos- I can't find the source anywhere online.
I'm pretty happy with the way the "3 boys" now seamlessly i...
2020-07-19 06:04:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, Ryan here. We're halfway through 2020! But I still have many incredible photo sets to edit and release. I hope you are safe and well, and your support is greatly appreciated, especially during this time.
I wanted to give you some updates on what else I have pla...
June's model is Nikolai! A longtime muse of mine, you probably remember him from my previous photo sets as the adorable, 21-year-old Russian-born artist who loves exploring angels and demons in his work. For this shoot, we created photo art of an exciting new kind. Covering the walls of Nikolai's...
2020-06-25 15:31:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I love collecting vintage photos to use as inspiration for my shoots. I wish I could find the photographers of these photos and thank them for having the courage to take photos like these in a time when it was even less acceptable than it is now. There's something about old black and white photos...
2020-06-22 10:20:29 +0000 UTC View Post
During a trip to the beach, I noticed some beautiful lifeguards at work and grabbed my camera. They have now become bnwboys. Which color variation do you prefer- black & white boy against blue ocean, or warm, tanned skin against black & white waves?
2020-06-22 10:20:22 +0000 UTC View Post
The history of homoeroticism in wrestling is as old as the first olympic games in ancient Greece. In fact, the original male contestants were nude and free, a joyous, voyeuristic celebration of the youthful male form, in time when sexual relations between men did not conflict with masculine sport...
2020-06-09 07:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm happy to announce Andrew has returned to Boys by Ryan, this time completely nude and uninhibited-- so much more to come!!
A few weeks ago, I was able to plan out a safe and properly social distanced photo shoot with the gorgeous Andrew Haan. It was tricky, but more than worth it, as you...
2020-05-30 17:44:43 +0000 UTC View Post