When I posted a few portraits of men by Carl van Vechten a few days ago one of my followers on Twitter retweeted my mention of them with the comment "men can be beautiful too". And as if to prove that point, along with the other photos below, this photobooth photograph of a young American sailor was among the vintage photos that arrived in the post today. What's particularly odd about this photo is that what you see above has been reversed on the computer, the original photo shows the image in mirror reflection with the writing on his cap the wrong way around. I bet he turned a few heads back in the day!
