Vince Aletti - Physique Handshake Books

Vince Aletti - Physique Handshake BooksSPBH Editions 2025 Physique showcases over 250 rare physique photography prints from the private collection of renowned critic and curator Vince Aletti. Spanning the 1930s to the early 1960s, these photographs chronicle a hidden, coded world of homoerotic imagery. Once sold discreetly through mail order catalogues and underground physique magazines, the prints point to an emergent queer sensibility and visibility. Accompanying this visual archive is a

CMYK and CMYK + black)

bringing together narratives from across genres and generations to create a nuanced and compelling body of work

deep with layers and rich with nostalgia

wearing furniture

German/Englisch

each comprising a special poster with MACK first print run

Through tenderness

Printed and bound in Italy

regarded as a fictional container where an apparent collection of evidence opens up to the fantastic

which to this day speaks the near-extinct ancient language of Elfdalian

Collecting together nearly a decade of work

180 colour plates