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Paul Freeman’s Men Hunt In Australia’s Outback
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|  |  | | by Rob Blauwhuis, in Films & Books , posted 16 January 2010 |
In the past we’ve put the spotlight on to Australian photographer Paul Freeman’s “Bondi” series several times already. After four books of celebration of the unpolished gorgeous man, no standard models to be seen, in the cityscape of Sydney, he thought it was time for a change of scenery. He turned to the deserted heart of the continent. How he does it boggles me, but again there were mouth-watering men just waiting in groups to be photographed.
No tacky metrosexual chic but real men who make a living with working on the farm. Clothes are troublesome in this physical world, the sun and honest sweat is enough to keep them warm, and otherwise they’ll help each other.
Leafing through both parts of “Outback” I was overwhelmed by a desire to go tracking, while watching it on TV is usually exciting enough for me.
Men that shave sheep, don’t have time to trim their own chest hair (Freeman has shown in all his “Bondi” books that he knows how to appreciate hair on a man’s body and I commend him highly for it.) And real work shapes your body better than plastic additions pumped up at the local gym.
 
When the work is done the remoteness of the country also feeds the fantasy, after all, they’re men. Sometimes these fantasies take on rather perverse twists. “Outback” has a few excellent photos of a young man strapped down by two of his mates, like a sheep for slaughter (and in this context that slaughter knife could only be of flesh). In the second book “Outback: Currawong Creek,” this slightly kinky playfulness is gone and the atmosphere is more innocent. Still, the men are inviting and stimulating.
You do understand, of course, that all this is a fantasy too because I seriously doubt whether these guys have ever performed manual labor at all. But they sure look good. If you enjoyed the “Bondi” hunks, you will most certainly like the tasty virility from Australia’s Outback.
 
 
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