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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The last I heard from photographer John Rand (website) - he stated he was still doing Bear photos as well as landscapes yet everything was on hold as he was in the midst of building a log cabin as his new permanent home. That was at the beginning of the year.

Here on PlanetBears, I've mentioned John Rand before when I posted an article about his cute little book called 'Ten Bear Men'. With that article I posted some of the photographs he's taken. And a small reminder ~ the book is available for $10. Contact John if you're interested.

Well I was checking out my archives and I found some more of his excellent work to share. Check them out here. Also, here is a Flash video that Thom Collins consisting of a John Rand logo. He made this for me way back in '01 and it's still an incredible piece of Flash design even to today's standards (and Thom is another one who I haven't heard from in awhile - his website is still on hold - I think I need to contact him to see where he too is at in his life).

Below is a bio I posted on Bear-Pics in '01: "I was born on October 1st, 1956 in Oakland, California and spent the first years of my life in the Alaskan wilderness. My father was a forest ranger. At age 6 asked for a dollhouse for my birthday because I wanted to be an interior decorator. By high school I decided I wanted to be a graphic artist but during the second semester of college my interest shifted to fine art and photography. I received a Masters Degree in Fine art from University of California Irvine in 1987. Later that year I was hired to teach photography at one of the local community colleges. In 1988 I began to photograph Bears exclusively because I felt there is a need for a broader erotic esthetic than was available in the gay press. I have done work for American Bear, Bear, Bulk Male, Drummer, Power Play and others. My work has also appeared in Artforum, Artweek and various journals and newspapers. Bears are my first love, I have always been attracted to hairy, heavyset men. Photography is my second love".

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

In the last poll, I asked what your thoughts were about in regards to Felching. The results were kinda split down the middle: 27% said it's disgusting while 26% found it a turn on.

42% said they don't know what it means. So I figured it was my Beartriotic (patriotic?) duty to fill you in on what felching means. The following is from Wikipedia (article): "Felching is a sexual practice in which semen or other fluids are sucked out of the anus of a partner. The acts of sucking the semen and then passing it, mouth to mouth or open mouth kissing, is referred to as 'snowballing'; although the latter is typically associated with semen ejaculated into a mouth from fellatio. Felching can also mean the licking or sucking of another person's anus, similar to the act of a rimjob. In the United states, felching is using a straw or tube to remove semen from the rectum".

So there you have it ~ the delicious art of felching. It's important to know these things such as 'felching' and 'snowballing'... it is... you never know when the word might come up in a conversation.

As for the image, that's a photo from John Rand's collection (website). I'm pretty sure that's spit but after learning more about felchism... I'm just not sure anymore. Check out more of John Rand's excellent photography here.

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Saturday, February 24, 2007

It was just the other day I was mentioning about John Rand (website) and when I first laid on his work, I screamed out loud to the Gods "YES - THESE ARE MY KIND OF MEN - HALLELUIAH" and I never type words in caps so this was important. Anyhow, I did a little digging around in this computer I call George (I don't call it George) and I found a few of John Rand's photography he sent me awhile back so click here to see what I mean.

Also, does anyone have his 'Ten Bear Men' tiny book that Mr. Rand came out with? Does anyone know of this collector's item? I call it a collector's item because I have a copy (acting all proud), however, from what I see on his website, you can order your own copy for just under $10. From his site "TEN BEAR MEN a pocket sized book with ten exceptional reproductions of my work is also available for $8 plus $1 for shipping and handling. Also available are 10 different postcards of my work for $10 shipping and handling included". Go order a few dozen copies.

ps - Can I get an Alan to go...? Thx.

Read more here.

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

I was introduced to John Rand's (website) photography back in '97 when I read Les Wright's Bear Book I. Now I had seen pictures of naked Bears before but it was John Rand's material that made it all clear to me: Yes, I said to myself out loud in an empty room filled with nothing... yes - this is what Bear men should look like - all of them - all over the world - a Bear man for everyone... actually, can I have 3 or 4... and a couple more for Xmas?

Getting back to John Rand, I really don't know what he's been up to of late but he's still one of my very favourite Bear photographers and I hope he hasn't put down the Bear camera forever.