no muscles. no tattoos

 

At the beginning of the 2001, the duo started to make BUTT, a pocket-sized gay zine. Their aim was to sweep aside the mainstream clichés with something more authentic and raw. None of the feature portraits was a studio shot; the pictures showed real people in their own environments. By bringing a sense of real life to their work, BUTT shook up the world of queer publishing and became a must-read for indie-minded gay men. Though BUTT’s iconic pink pages are no longer in print‚ it is living quite the afterlife in books and online.

 

 

 

we thought, let’s redefine a men’s magazine and make a contemporary magazine for us 30-plus guys who don’t want to wear sportswear anymore but also maybe don’t wanna wear suits yet—something in between. —van bennekom and gert jonkers to interview magazine

 

 

Cover of Fantastic Man, issue 25, spring & summer 2017. Yes! Steve McQueen
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