This is young Nicholaus Arson of the Swedish garage rock sensation, The Hives. He crossed my path on Irving Place as I was walking from my dinner with The Reigning Sound at Pete's Tavern towards Irving Plaza for the gig where both bands were playing.
Do you think he's good looking? A lot of young girls do - and he's eye candy, to be sure. Nice clear blue eyes and black hair - that's a big plus in my book.
The reason I ask is that I have been thinking about looks, appearances, attractiveness and all that for a couple days.
As I walked across the Abbey Avenue Viaduct, with traffic zooming past me as well as below me, I pondered the silly photo session I had a couple weeks ago. Its like when you think about Cheap Trick - there's a band with two rock stars and two cartoon characters. Who's easier to photograph? Ostensibly, either/or. Each type has a pose, a look, a stance. I photographed such a band, and don't you know it, the cute guy and the front man were just too hard to capture. The two guys whose photos turned out beautifully were the so-called regular guys.
So, it got me to thinking about how men and women look at each other, in terms of gaze. In terms of being an object and a subject.
And I decided to twist around that postmodern feminist take on film theory - Laura Mulvey's concept of "the male gaze." I am creating a collection called The Female Gaze.
I think it should speak volumes for itself.
So, Nic is not yet in that collection. I'm only posting seven men per week. One a day. That's plenty. Or maybe even too much!
Nic will join the ranks next week. And joining him will be #2 in my series of Bass Players With Money ! ? Who knows who else?
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