Peggy Ann McDonnell and Her Men

The images captured by Brooklyn-based photographer Peggy Ann McDonnell invite us into her most intimate and personal encounters with the men in her life, and express sentiments of masculinity so rarely shared.

“I worked with one subject for a few years and that body of work was driven more by the physical rather than anything terribly emotional,” the 24 year-old Parsons graduate told us of the way she chose her subjects, “I spent a lot of time with him and found myself inspired by his movements and poses that would happen naturally—it’s always quite difficult to recreate these things on purpose.”

As well as her portraits that showcase the physicality of one man, Peggy’s series of Polaroids are more expansive, capturing an assemblage of male subjects—some seeming more willing to be photographed than others—in the vulnerability of the bedroom.

“This series developed really naturally…It started as documentation of the boys I found myself spending time with. Then they became my collection—souvenirs.”

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