I kind of feel like they did the kid dirty here, though. He's an Olympic medalist and world-class athlete doing a nude layout with a major publication and they shoot and compose the shot, artistically, like it's a promo shoot for a new talent on a porn/cam site. There's no concept or theme; no use of location, textures, or light/shadow to give the shots depth or interest; and no use of the photographic art to create and interesting shot for this specific subject or publication. Nearly every one of his teammates has taken cool nudes, and this looks like a zero effort job where you'd be hard pressed to know it's a nude editorial shoot and would just assume it was a Bel-Ami (if even that) promo for a new gay for pay Czech model.

He deserved way better, IMO.
Thank you for sharing your observations. I had the same impression looking at the pics but couldn't tell exactly what was the issue with it. TBH I even asked myself "why are there pics of this twink on this thread?" until I realized who it was. You are spot on when you talk about the pics lacking textures, light/shadow, etc. I'm no photographic artist but I've been looking at nude pics for years, and though I cannot always describe what's wrong with some of them, I always end up saying it's something to do with lighting. A pornographic actress once said that the difference between artistic nudes and porn is the light. I'm totally with you that the pics look something from BelAmi, though even BelAmi has better lighting. This looks like something from WH.

Not only he deserved way better, but he should not have removed his underwear once he saw "the set" he'd be posing in.
 
I guess we are using the term 'celebrity' loosely here.
Maybe a little, but generally, for their time, most of the folks here were fairly known to at least a segment of America, if not beyond. 95% are actors, Olympians, pro athletes, etc. and even for some of the lesser knowns, the photos appeared in national or international publications, so as long as everyone is having fun (and generally in keeping with the spirit of the thing, e.g. posting professional shoots and not posting folks only known for OF or TikTok), I'd say we're cool!
 
David Duchovny. I think this was when X-Files was still on the air but it might have been shortly after it ended. Sorry about the poor resolution — couldn’t find sharper versions.
I’d never seen the 1st shot before. Hot!
 
I can see that. It's singer Liam Payne. He was in the group "One Direction" and recently fronted a Hugo Boss underwear campaign.
Ah, okay. Yeah I fell off the pop culture bandwagon a long time ago. Thanks!