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<p>Photographer Verner Degray, 38, born in France, settled ten years ago in Tahiti. Struck by the beauty of the Tahitian boys, he decided to immortalize it on glossy paper, offering artistic nudes of Polynesian guys.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thegayuk.com/VernerDegray">by Verner Degray</a></p><p></p><p>These photos of muscular Tahitians are usually taken in chaotic universes, abandoned hotels, warehouses or garages, to play the contrast between the ugliness of these places and the beauty of the models . </p>
<p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4612037854.jpg" width="461" height="307" alt="Verner Degray" title="Verner Degray"/></p>
<p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4612037858.jpg" width="461" height="307" alt="Verner Degray" title="Verner Degray"/></p>
<p>This photographer is involved in the fight against homophobia and he believes that "it is not easy in Tahiti, where religion has a huge influence". According to him, "despite what you may think of this island where you can live in "pareo", with the myth of the"vahine" here , the nude is "tabu" (Tahitian word by the way…) » . </p>
<p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4612037857.jpg" width="461" height="307" alt="Verner Degray" title="Verner Degray"/></p>
<p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4612037860.jpg" width="460" height="691" alt="Verner Degray" title="Verner Degray"/></p>
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</p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4612037855.jpg" width="460" height="690" alt="Verner Degray" title="Verner Degray"/></p>
<p></p><p>After François Rousseau, Verner Degray was the official photographer for Mister Tahiti 2014 Calendar. He is now trying to make his work known internationally.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4612037861.jpg" width="460" height="690" alt="Verner Degray" title="Verner Degray"/></p>
<p></p><p>To see more of his photography: <a href="http://www.verner-degray.com/">www.verner-degray.com</a> </p><p>
</p><p><img src="http://www.thegayuk.com/communities/8/004/009/928/388/images/4611476916.jpg" width="460" height="30" alt="" title=""/></p>
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Photographer Verner Degray, 38, born in France, settled ten years ago in Tahiti. Struck by the beauty of the Tahitian boys, he decided to immortalize it on glossy paper, offering artistic nudes of Polynesian guys.
These photos of muscular Tahitians are usually taken in chaotic universes, abandoned hotels, warehouses or garages, to play the contrast between the ugliness of these places and the beauty of the models .
This photographer is involved in the fight against homophobia and he believes that "it is not easy in Tahiti, where religion has a huge influence". According to him, "despite what you may think of this island where you can live in "pareo", with the myth of the"vahine" here , the nude is "tabu" (Tahitian word by the way…) » .
After François Rousseau, Verner Degray was the official photographer for Mister Tahiti 2014 Calendar. He is now trying to make his work known internationally.
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