spotlight
by joel martens
RON REYES FINDING THE HERO WITHIN
Based out of Orange County, Ron Reyes specializes in photos of men, unapologetic images that celebrate the male
form...And in particular, the gay male form. Though he doesn’t photograph them exclusively, it is his preferred medium. His style is broad and runs the gamut: From modeling portraits to family photos and headshots, though the bulk of his work revolves around fantasy images that encompass heroic themes. Raw and powerful, the images can at times, border on camp in the way he depicts his subjects. Elaborate costumes and grand sets, beautiful models draped in feathers, armor and greenery, daring you to engage. These are the things that make up his fantasy world and he has agreed to share it withThe Rage Monthly.
This is his story.
Please tell me a little about when you caught the photography bug. When I was a hula dancer, I noticed that most of the Halau photog- raphers focused on photographing the women of hula and not many focused on the sexy, masculine, male hula dancers— especially from a gay male point of view—so I decided to start photographing my hula brothers. (Guys like attention too, especially the ones who work hard on the aesthetics of their physique. They’ve earned the right to show it off!) Luckily, they allowed me to photograph them in a much more sexier
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