'Great photograph of two men standing at a holiday resort looking at the camera. The contrast of the picture is excellent, the picture itself has several creases, nevertheless they look great. And even if the boys in the front aren't your cup of tea, there are several guys in the back. French origin dates to 1930. Comes from a relative of mine, my grandfather's dead brother, who was a salesman from the late 1920s till the 1970s. He became 90 years old and didn't have any children, what a surprise :)' eBay seller, 2008
Gay Interest Beefcake features three lots of photographs bought on eBay in 2007. The photographs, a mix of 'snapshots' and passport images, were purchased over a three-day period from the same seller. At the point of sale the keywords ‘gay interest beefcake’ accompanied the seller’s description of each lot, in which the seller speculates about a dead male relative's past.
This unique artist’s book was produced especially for ALT-W: New Directions in Scottish Digital Culture a 2008 exhibition at CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow. Gay Interest Beefcake was on display alongside another eBay inspired work, Question for Seller (2006). It was auctioned off on eBay on 19.30pm, Saturday 13 September 2008, as part of Alt-w’s closing show party. The album is now in the collection of the International Center of Photography New York.
