Boy in Sailor Suit and Cap

I always think it's a bit of a cheat re-posting images from tumblr as I don't actually have a tumblr account but this sailor boy is too lovely not to share :) I came across him on the ever wonderful Adventures of the Blackgang tumblr.



Boy in sailor suit and cap, reclining (1911) by F. Holland Day

According to wikipedia (so it must be true):

Fred Holland Day (Boston July 8, 1864 - November 12, 1933) was an American photographer and publisher. He was the first in the U.S.A. to advocate that photography should be considered a fine art.

Day's life and works have long been controversial, since his photographic subjects were often nude male youths. Pam Roberts, in F. Holland Day (Waanders Pub, 2001; catalog of a Day exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum) writes: "Day never married and his sexual orientation, whilst it is widely assumed that he was homosexual, because of his interests, his photographic subject matter, his general flamboyant demeanor, was, like much else about him, a very private matter."