Speeding: The Old Reliable Photos of David Hurles [Paperback]

David Hurles (Photographer), Rex (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 21, 2005

For over 40 years, David Hurles documented the hidden world of rough trade and rent boys posing, masturbating, wrestling, or boxing. His models ranged from drifters and grifters to hustlers and ex-cons — men who came to Los Angeles, and Hurles’s studio, to make it big but mostly landed in Hollywood’s gutter. His photographs were ubiquitous fixtures in gay publications throughout the seventies and eighties and continue to enjoy a strong following today. More Weegee than Weber, these images vibrate with youthful male power and edgy sexuality. Chosen from Hurles's vast archive by noted homoerotic artist Rex, they comprise an amazing photographic history of a sexuality that society has rarely acknowledged.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Green Candy Press (November 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931160392
• ISBN-13: 978-1931160391
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #717,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Men of Old Reliable, January 27, 2006

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Nathan P. Buzzanca Jr. - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speeding: The Old Reliable Photos of David Hurles (Hardcover)

I read a write up for this book in "OUT" Magazine a few months ago and could not wait for the book to come out. So as soon as I found out it was available I ordered it from Amazon.
If you are a fan of this particular subject then you will not be dissapointed in this book. As a young, teenage boy, in the few 'dirty' magazines I managed to get my hands on I would often see the small black and white add's for the "Old Reliable" men. Small as the adds and pictures were they still popped out at me. I wanted to see them bigger, closer, but at my age then I could not afford to send away for them.
These are the types of men that were in my thoughts, not the pretty boy, perfect types.
They are pretty and perfect, but not in the traditional way. The men in the photographs are very street tough and the hard, toned, muscular bodies are not from working out in a gym, but just from working.
So if you were a young gay man in the 1970's and 80's, this book will take you back. It is very well put together.
They ONLY real dissapointment in this book is there is next to no information about the men who were the models. For the most part it gives the first name of the model, but tells you nothing biographically about them. Of course being the type of guys they were and the times being what they were then, perhaps there is not information on them.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Old Reliable Photos...Rough Trade, January 9, 2007

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Victor T. Davis "Vic Davis" (Indianapolis, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speeding: The Old Reliable Photos of David Hurles (Hardcover)

Not the best coffee table book I've seen, but worth having at the right price. It's a photo history of "rough trade" going back to the '70's, of men found on the street or in bars of San Francisco and Los Angeles willing to pose nude for David Hurles. It contains some interesting characters and some hot men.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trip down memory lane, March 16, 2006

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J. Christensen "paws" (Miami, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Speeding: The Old Reliable Photos of David Hurles (Paperback)

No pretty boys here! I had seen Hurles' photos for years, often not knowing anything about them. It was fun to learn the history and some of the names behind those photos I remember so well. My only complaints are that the essays are just a little too short and a tad on the fluff side and that the photos are printed in black and white instead of color.