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It's hard to believe, but for the past nine years now, Elska Magazine has been blessing the world with some of our favorite — and gay — travel portraits of men from all over the world!
Thanks to Elska, we've had the privilege of meeting a diverse, large group of men from all corners of the globe and in many underrated cities in some of the most traveled-to countries. We've met men from Mumbai, heartthrobs from Yokohama, hunks from Munich, and studs from San Francisco, and everywhere else in between!
"Elska is a bi-monthly photography and storytelling publication dedicated to sharing the bodies and voices of men from LGBTQ+ communities all over the world," the publication's about page reads about who they are. "Each issue is made in a different city where readers get to know to a cross-section of everyday local guys through honest photography and personal stories."
"I love to travel, I love photography, and I love men!" Elska's editor and chief photographer Liam Campbell said in a statement about what the point of the project is. "Elska started as a way to combine these loves into a publication that I hoped would enable me to do these three things. Essentially Elska is a record of my travels, one city at a time, with the focus on the men I meet there.
"Beyond this, Elska is a reaction to my rejection of an early dream to be a fashion photographer. When I saw first-hand how disgustingly models are treated and how nasty the industry is in general, I wanted to create something that would treat people with respect and dignity, and that would reflect the way I perceive beauty, which is something connected to love. By getting to know the men I photograph, both through the intimate process of a photoshoot and through the stories they share, a connection develops, a sort of act of love, which reveals their beauty. And I hope that through sharing my honest style of photography and these men's stories, readers will also discover their beauty and fall in love."
To celebrate Elska's nearly decade-long reign of swoon-worthy, sexy travel content, we thought it'd fun to re-meet some of the gorgeous gays of the zine from over the years and from all over!
Scroll through to see more portraits from Elska's nine-year celebration! And for more information on Elska and to order previous issues, visit their official website here.
David F. & Jerome S. // Montreal, Quebec
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Nika J. // Tbilisi, Georgia
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Chester J. // Seoul, South Korea
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Princepal S. // Montreal, Quebec
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Nicholas S. // Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Heiko M. // Berlin, Germany
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Ignacio P. // Madrid, Spain
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Olafur H. // Reykjavik, Iceland
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Larry D. // Los Angeles CA, USA
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Juanmanuel E.B. & Alonso R.L. // Madrid, Spain
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Yang C. // Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Eric M. // Atlanta GA, USA
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Jason S. // Tbilisi, Georgia
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Paddy P. // Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Lucas A. // Tbilisi, Georgia
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Ashley S. & Ashwill S. // Cape Town, South Africa
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Jean-Bosco M. // Cape Town, South Africa
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Alexie A. // Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Juan C. // Bogota, Colombia
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