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Boys in Color

Color has slowly crept into my black & white series over time... here's a little retrospective.

Vintage Inspiration Part 4

I love collecting vintage photos to use as inspiration for my shoots. I wish I could find the photographers of these photos and thank them for having the courage to take photos like these in a time...

Owen Plays Ball

I dressed Owen in baseball gear and drove him to a local park for this summer photoshoot. He makes quite the handsome sportman. I applied eye black under his eyes and then spread it down his face a...

David Goes for a Swim

April's model is David, a beautiful Dominican boy from New Jersey!  

I first met David on instagram when he reached out to ask questions about my photography. He was struggling to come o...

David in the Nude

 April's model is David, a beautiful Dominican boy from New Jersey!  

I first met David on instagram when he reached out to ask questions about my photography. He was struggling to ...

Colorful Edits

One of my favorite hobbies is recoloring my favorite images. I particularly love isolating and augmenting certain colors to highlight and bring life to certain aspects of a photogr...

Boys by Ryan Update

Hey everyone, Ryan here. I wanted to give you some updates on my photo series! During the world crisis, my activity will remain the same on all platforms. I will continue posting monthly full shoot...

Vintage Inspiration Part 3

I love collecting vintage photos to use as inspiration for my shoots. I wish I could find the photographers of these photos and thank them for having the courage to take photos like these in a time...

Digital Art Collaboration with Tsk Tsk Art

A wonderful artist and follower of mine created these digital drawings of my photo with Owen, which I composited together into this photo-drawing hybrid. I think these two mediums provide a lovely ...

Zach in Autumn

The virus is sweeping the world, and many of us have to stay at home, so I thought I'd release a bonus shoot this month from my archives. I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe. ❤️

I...

Meeting Photographer Terry Smith PART 2

Last year I made a trip to New York City to meet one of my favorite photographers, Terry Smith, a 35mm film photographer from San Diego. I got to collect digital versions of some unpublished work a...

Nikolai takes a bath

Here's my second photo set with Nikolai, in both color and black & white. My 20-year-old Russian friend was still too nervous to take off his underwear when we shot these last year, but luckily...

Ryan Cliffside

March's model is Ryan. (Yes, we share the same name!) Last spring I explored a Rhode Island graffiti park and ocean cliffside with a boy I met on instagram. A fan of my page, Ryan messaged me that ...

Vintage Inspiration Part 2

I love collecting vintage photos to use as inspiration for my shoots. I wish I could find the photographers of these photos and thank them for having the courage to take photos like these in a time...

Digital Art Collaboration with G Squared Art

A wonderful artist and patron named Jerry created these digital reimaginings of my photos with Nikolai, Dio and Ryan. I love his theme of liquid rainbow. You can follow him and his work @gsquaredar...

Meeting Photographer Terry Smith

Last year I made a trip to New York City to meet one of my favorite photographers, Terry Smith, a 35mm film photographer from San Diego. I got to collect digital versions of some unpublished work a...

Dio in the Nude

February's model is Dio!  I'm so excited to share my very first fully nude photo set from last year! Beautiful Dio is a college student from Connecticut who's studying viola performance. Calm,...

Behind-the-scenes Video

A year and a half ago I began my male portrait series, exploring masculine expression and sensuality.  I've always gotten a lot of questions about what my photoshoots are like. So, I delved ba...

Nikolai in Color

Today I share with you my entire first photo set with Nikolai, one of my fans' favorite models. It's easy to see why; this 20-year-old Russian boy is absolutely adorable, sometimes devilishly so. I...

Nikolai in Black and White

Today I share with you my entire first photo set with Nikolai, one of my fans' favorite models. It's easy to see why; this 20-year-old Russian boy is absolutely adorable, sometimes devilishly so. I...

Vintage Inspiration Part 1

I love collecting vintage photos to use as inspiration for my shoots. I wish I could find the photographers of these photos and thank them for having the courage to take photos like these in a time...

Andrew

This month's model is Andrew! This past summer, I met 21-year-old city boy Andrew in Greenwich Point Park to explore together. Andrew Haan is a unique beauty. Half-chinese, slender but extremely ch...

2020 preview!

Happy New Year!  I have many photo sets to edit and release in 2020! Please vote with a comment for which model's photo set you think I should work on first! (In order of appearance) ...

Camping with Tom

Tom is an old friend of mine from middle school who I recently reconnected with when I was surprised to discover he was gay. Tom is a man's man. An overly masculine type who doesn't easily reveal h...

Charlie

One of my first shoots was exploring the streets of Brooklyn with city boy Charlie. He was one of the most adventurous guys I've shot with- willing to strip down to his red briefs in public. I thin...

Welcome!

Hi everyone, it's Ryan! Thank you so much for joining my patreon page and becoming a supporter. You make my photoshoots possible, and I can't wait to share more beautiful boys with you all. I'll co...

Censorship Art

A wonderful artist and follower of mine created these drawings of my photos with Dio, which I composited together into this photo-drawing hybrid. I think these two mediums provide a lovely contrast...