I remember seeing his work when I was a teen and dreaming of going to London and being gay. The third shoot was of the gay icon Sunil Gupta in his apartment in London. I know Holli well, and she and her partner Pony are the most wonderful people! We had lots of fun in their apartment in Paris during fashion week, and got a bit wildly honest and outside the lines for the photos. It was with Holli Smith, a super great dyke and hairstylist from New York. “BUTT helped me to come out actually, and I also became a part of the BUTTHEADS club – I remember that I texted artist AA Bronson on there and next week, I was on a flight to Berlin to meet him” – Kuba Ryniewicz Polish Pride marches are on a different level compared to the Western countries – they are very political and people are strongly fighting for their rights. I guess this one was the most emotional for me because when I lived in Poland, there were no Prides, and the one in 2021 was my first one there. We met in Gdansk during Gay Pride last August and I photographed him the next day in the outdoor gym in the nearby town, Sopot.
First was the shoot in Poland of Linus from HomoKomando. I worked on three stories for the relaunch, each totally different and special in its own way. I also became a part of the BUTTHEADS club – I remember that I texted artist AA Bronson on there and next week, I was on a flight to Berlin to meet him. Not that particular issue with Julian (lol), but generally speaking, the language ot was communicating with the reader and also the visuals that were very often taken by artists I was inspired by. Also, I loved the readers’ letters section – the whole gay world united in the zine with pink pages.īUTT helped me to come out actually.
I love these images! I didn't know Julian at the time but I loved how honest and free and sexual these photos were. “The first issue that stuck in my mind was the one with Julian Ganio on the cover, shot by Wolfgang Tillmans.
KUBA RYNIEWICZ – PHOTOGRAPHER, BUTT CONTRIBUTOR I’m hoping for the same in-depth interviews that didn’t shy away from any topic and of course, I’m looking forward to seeing a lot more dicks.” I hope the new BUTT retains that independent spirit it always had but also brings it into the current day where internet culture is very different. I remember one guy asking me if I could send him some pubic hair because he was making an artwork from men’s pubes. It felt very freeing and having guys from all over the world telling you you’re hot and that they want to photograph or paint you was fun. I had been low-key lurking around on there and one day, I was like, ‘Fuck it!’ and uploaded my nudes. It wasn’t shiny and clean” – Louis Pisano “I felt like a whole new gay world was opened to me via BUTT, one a lot freer than the one I was currently in. I felt like a whole new gay world was opened to me via BUTT, one a lot freer than the one I was currently in. I was quite conservative sexually then and this felt so fucking naughty. The magazine was so kinky, I felt like a voyeur – I had never seen anything like it. It was sort of like Facebook, but for naked queers. I was at this boy’s house that I had been hooking up with, it was a Sunday morning after we had fucked, and I was looking at his bookshelf because I’m nosy like that, and saw this big-ass pink book, opened it and was like… ‘WOW!’ Then, this guy introduced me to the BUTT website which fully blew my mind. “The first time I came across the magazine was through their anthology book Forever BUTT. BUTTHEADS posted dick and butt pics on their profiles, and left horny comments under photos of others. The platform today resembles a relic of the times, inhibitions uninhibited without fear of violated cyber security and privacy. The chatroom-inspired platform acted as a network for fans of the magazine based all around the world who were searching for “buddies” – from one-night stands in the city they were visiting, to romantic partners for eternal love. Īlongside the zine, van Bennekom and Jonkers launched BUTTHEADS, an online club that can only be described with justice as an older and more arty brother of Grindr. In one interview, Craig Green described the tone of his pubic hair, while in another, Rick Owens talked about buying a buttplug with a real horse tail for a client. Inspired by Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine, the zine’s format of head-on Q&As often revealed blush-worthy anecdotes. The idea was to reflect the IRL realities of its gay audience as much as possible, and publish content that would feel like meeting a great guy at a bar and having an intriguing conversation.