{"id":49489,"date":"2017-01-22T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T15:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-work-of-photographer-ben-mcnutt-will-instantly-make-a-wrestling-fan-out-of-you\/"},"modified":"2017-01-22T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T15:26:07","slug":"the-work-of-photographer-ben-mcnutt-will-instantly-make-a-wrestling-fan-out-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-work-of-photographer-ben-mcnutt-will-instantly-make-a-wrestling-fan-out-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The work of photographer Ben McNutt will instantly make a wrestling fan out of you"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The work of photographer Ben McNutt will instantly make a wrestling fan out of you<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/23140735\/Queerty_Ben_McNutt_03.jpg\" alt=\"Wrestling\" width=\"650\" height=\"2000\"><br \/>\nIt\u2019s always good to know what you like.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore-based photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/benmcnutt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ben McNutt<\/a> fully immerses himself in the world of wrestling, spending his days poring over historic images, training with a wrestling tutor, and prolifically photographing his own subtly erotic wrestling scenarios.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/01\/20175650\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-20-at-5.55.48-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/01\/20175650\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-20-at-5.55.48-PM.png 650w, https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/01\/20175650\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-20-at-5.55.48-PM-400x292.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p>Okay, maybe not <em>so<\/em> subtle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/entire-columbia-university-wrestling-team-suspended-homophobic-texts-20161115\" target=\"_blank\">Entire Columbia University Wrestling Team Suspended Over Homophobic Texts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Explaining why he gravitates towards the subject, McNutt says \u201cthe sport holds culturally and socially significant subtexts \u2014 such as power, athleticism, and desire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/23140723\/Queerty_Ben_McNutt_01.jpg\" alt=\"0035\" width=\"650\" height=\"2000\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a fine line between socially acceptable and unacceptable behavior between two <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">men<\/a>,\u201d he tells <em>Queerty<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s more complex than simple physical and emotional gestures we witness. It\u2019s confusing when we see wrestlers in the referee position, a starting position in which one wrestler is on top grabbing the bottom wrestler\u2019s waist, the bottom wrestler on all fours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/23140729\/Queerty_Ben_McNutt_02.jpg\" alt=\"0026\" width=\"650\" height=\"2000\"><\/p>\n<p>While a student\u00a0at\u00a0Maryland Institute College of Art, McNutt began\u00a0hoarding a massive amount of wrestling memorabilia: stamps, newspaper clippings, singlets, headgear, wrestling shoes, drawings, stickers, buttons, and photos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.queerty.com\/photos-wouldnt-give-wrestler-jordan-burroughs-singlet-day-20160816\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: What We Wouldn\u2019t Give To Be Wrestler Jordan Burroughs\u2019 Singlet For A Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dedicated my free time to attending wrestling events and reading books about the sport,\u201d he says. \u201cI began a training regimen to better understand the physical components of wrestling and alter my own physique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/23140739\/Queerty_Ben_McNutt_04.jpg\" alt=\"Wrestling\" width=\"650\" height=\"2000\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy work stands as a part of a larger body that chronicles the human fascination with the athletic form,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>However, my use of photography extends this conversation by intentionally framing our perspective.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, our impressions, responses, and desires become inseparable from the subjects in the photographs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2016\/12\/23140745\/Queerty_Ben_McNutt_05.jpg\" alt=\"0006\" width=\"650\" height=\"2000\"><\/p>\n<p>This July, McNutt has been invited to photograph the Kirkpinar oil wrestling festival in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Anything purchased from his <a href=\"http:\/\/benmcnutt.com\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\">online shop<\/a> \u2014 which features a massive assortment of his wrestling photos \u00a0\u2014 will help finance the trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m beyond nervous to get my <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">butt<\/a> out of my artistic and personal comfort zone,\u201d he says, \u201cbut couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to photograph this 700-year-old event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/01\/20133141\/16117596_10154913684591882_1940165452_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/queerty-prodweb.s3.amazonaws.com\/content\/docs\/2017\/01\/20133141\/16117596_10154913684591882_1940165452_n.png 650w, 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