LADS AT LARGE

Photography by Dave Butt

Paul seems to be very much enjoying that patch of sun near Edge Hill.

Dave Butt is a British photographer (featured in BUTT 29) who has been making erotic portraits of men since the late ’80s. He gets a kick out of working with lads in the woods and fields around his home in Oxfordshire. Despite the unusually rainy summer, Dave seems to be making the most of his rustic surroundings.

Alex takes a break from redecorating in
Nottingham to munch on a Mars bar.

 We love Dave Butt’s name, of course, and his eye for guys with average bodies and guys who don’t shave or wax their pubes. Every man he shoots — unless they are naturally smooth — gets the same request: no shaving or waxing at least 6 weeks before please. His favorites are the young working men he finds himself: house painters, shop assistants, mechanics, estate agents, steel workers, etc.

Rafe does some modeling in an abandoned barn to help cover his student loan.

 Dave’s no-nonsense approach is without pretension and yet very eccentric in an English sort of way. Who else would publish a whole series dedicated to men standing next to mirrors? Perhaps his admiration for a man in a mirror comes from the fact that, as Dave explains, ‘…You get two for the price of one’.

Odd job man Barry came along asking if
anything needed doing around the house.

Dave spotted Nathan walking in Northampton,
and then shot him in the spare room. Instant hard-on!

And then sweetheart Jamie popped by for afternoon tea.

Hello gorgeousness...
It wouldn't be summer without a bit of skinny-dipping.