Eye-candy for your Memorial Day weekend beginning with the beguiling Eliad Cohen (above) who’s enjoying Pride down in Puerto Vallarta 😉
InstaHunk Round-Up
Podcast: Interview With Artist/Producer/InstaHunk Alex Abramov
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Russian artist and producer Alexander Abramov lives his life out and proud on his Instagram account where over 300,000 people (including me!) follow him each day for a look at his woofy, furry goodness in action.
Alex has just released the first two volumes of a five-part series of revealing art photography books, Uncovered.
The hunky Russian has kept personal journals for more than 18 years and has drawn upon those memories to create Uncovered.
“My diary is about awareness of my homosexuality, about my experiences and explorations of the world: first feelings, first love, first sexual encounter,” says Abramov. “It’s also about human imperfection and struggle, drugs and fears, scars and past troubles.”
“On the whole, it tells of becoming the man I have wanted to be: a man who is able to inspire others to make changes for the better,” he adds.
A little background on Alex: he began his career in the media business as an assistant in a PR agency in Kazakhstan. He moved to Moscow in his early 20s where he worked as a producer of photo projects.
He also dabbled in fashion design creating collections that appeared on the runways of Russian Fashion Week.
Life eventually led to working in TV as an executive producer of a popular makeover reality series where he remained for five years before moving to the U.S.
“It’s been a long, winding road to where I am now but all of my past experiences in magazines, fashion and TV have contributed enormously to the making of this series,” says Alex. “They are all a part of the fabric of the man that I’m excited to reveal in ‘Uncovered.’”
I had the opportunity to chat with handsome Alex for my podcast, The Randy Report. Here’s a few takeaways from my chat:
Alex knows some folks just want to see him in the buff, and he’s ok with that.
“Some people wanted to see me naked,” says Alex. “Okay, people, see me naked. But only in the way I want to represent myself. I actually don’t have any issues with being naked. It was part of marketing and the story, to sell this book. Because, let’s be realistic – some part of people will buy this book because they want to know me better through my journal notes; some part of people will buy just because they want to see me naked. And I’m cool with this.”
What you see is what you get with Alex. How he appears today, how he chose the characters for Uncovered. This is all an extension of Alex.
Press materials reveal that he was somewhat sickly as a child. And at 6’2” and 130 pounds, he was skinny with health problems. Eventually, he found his way to a gym as a young adult. But not necessarily to improve his health. It was to get a man. The kind of man he liked.
“I was always attracted to, kind of like, muscle, big guys. I had lovers and I had experience when I was skinny, but it wasn’t exactly what I wanted. So, I start going the gym because I want to change my body to become more attractive to a type of guys who I really like.”
And that’s also how he chose the five characters in Uncovered. Each volume is named for the characters he portrays (Wrangler, Mercenary, Woodsman, Journeyman and Seafarer) and all represent masculine, sexual archetypes Alex has been drawn to all his life.
“It’s all about my, let’s call it, sexual fantasy,” says Abramov. “I was always into men. Like – men, men, men. You know, soldiers, cowboys, lumberjacks. It should be look like men and smell like men. It should wear clothes like men. I’m totally cool with different types in our LGBTQ community. All these different things. But my personal preference was always about men.”
If you’d like to hear Alex (and his charming Russian accent) talk about his journey to Uncovered, hit the play button below for the full podcast. We end up talking about a range of things including a bit of politics (I’m talking to a real Russian and I’m not gonna bring up “collusion???”).
In that he was born in the Republic of Kazakhstan and lived his young adult life in Russia, Alex knows well the lack of LGBT rights in these countries.
For those reasons, he is donating 10% of proceeds of Uncovered to The Russian LGBT Networkwhich promotes equal rights and respect for human dignity, regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity.
You can find more information about Alex’s book series Uncoveredat his official website.
Let’s close with just a few snaps from awesome Alex’s Instagram account:
News Round-Up: May 13, 2018
Some news stories you might have missed: • A mother who is “against people being gay” wrote to Dear Abby saying her 43-year-old daughter just came out as lesbian. Abby knew just how to handle this one… • A Texas teacher was accused of “promoting a homosexual agenda” when she showed students a picture of herself and her wife dressed up as Disney characters on the first day of school. • Starbucks has now adopted an open-bathroom policy following an incident in Philadelphia last month were two black men were arrested while waiting for a business colleague. • An Oregon school allegedly forced an LGBT student to read the Bible as punishment…? • GLEE star Kevin McHale says of his recent coming out: “I think there was zero surprise. People knew.” • The Trump administration continues its attack on the trans community by rolling back prison protections.
InstaHunk Round-Up: May 5, 2018
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It’s almost 10am and I’m still on my coffee – just like Fitness guy Bremen Menelli.
Well, kinda like Bremen.
Well, without the awesome abs.
Let’s just say I have a mug.
On to the weekend eye-candy 🙂
Happy Cinco de Mayo Mexico 🇲🇽A post shared by Eliad Cohen (@eliad_cohen) on May 5, 2018 at 10:29am PDT
And how about one more from the woofy Mr. Menelli?
Andrew Serkin – Hump Day Hunk
Today’s Hump Day Hunk is the woofy Andrew Serkin, based in Miami Beach. Serkin makes working on his computer look a whole lot sexier than me catching up on The Randy Report. Continue reading “Andrew Serkin – Hump Day Hunk”
Hump Day Round-Up
Whoo! So busy here at Randy Report Central! Gotta love a pot of coffee.
I’ve been on a blogging roll this morning, but stopping and alternating hours with working on choreography for South Pacific at San Diego Musical Theatre. We started rehearsals last night and open April 28. So, if you’re in the area come check out the show!
I’m getting up to get some sunlight on my face like Dr. Marco (above) who’s not only a fitness trainer but a medical student!
Here’s some more outdoor Hump Day eye-candy to help you get to Friday 🙂
InstaHunk Round-Up
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What’s the answer to a blah Wednesday? Woofy eye-candy to get over Hump Day!
Coping with the current snow storm in NYC, InstaHunk Alex Abramov (above) is not having the light: “When it’s mess outside and you even don’t have enough light to take a nice picture after workout, so you are just standing there and pretending that you took picture on Polaroid.”
Meanwhile, Nick Sandell (below) seems to have not only found the light but better weather.
Just Because…
My new favorite InstaHunk, John Gaines Jr., is a Wilhelmina sports and fitness model, as well as a certified personal trainer.
#Wow #Woof
Hump Day: InstaHunk Round-Up
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Out Winter Olympic medalists Gus Kenworthy of the US and Canadian Eric Radford finally found a chance to meet up during the games in PyeongChang. Hard to think of two better InstaHunks to begin this Hump Day edition of InstaHunk Round-up. The two apparently met up at Canada House which is also generously doubling as this year’s Pride House. From Eric’s Instagram:
Finally got to meet the man! Was fun talking with @guskenworthy and visiting the Pride House here in #Pyeongchang. #Olympics #pyeongchang2018 #pridehouse #Canadahouse #outandproud #️ #athlete #athletes #figureskating #ski #lgbt
InstaHunk Round-Up
In that I’m loving the 2018 Winter Olympics, let’s start this round-up with the US Bobsled team (above), shall we? Happy Friday!