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(GQ MAGAZINE--STAFF)
A selection of 4 photographs of GQ models and staff on location.
Silver prints (3) and a Polaroid (one), two of the silver prints measuring approximately 152.4x228.6 mm.; 6x9 inches and one measuring 304.8x241.3 mm.; 12x9½ inches, the sheets slightly larger, the larger flush mounted; the Polaroid measuring 79.4 mm.; 3 1/8  inches square. Circa 1980.

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From the Collection of Donald Sterzin.

From the late 1970s to the early 1980s "GQ" was at the forefront of men’s fashion. The publication was helmed by influential gay leadership, including editor-in-chief Jack Haber and art directors Harry Coulianos and Donald Sterzin, and together these figures helped redefine men’s fashion photography, depicting the modern, streamlined man.

Donald Sterzin served as Assistant Art Director for "GQ" in the late 1970s and as Art Director from 1981-83. He later worked in advertising for a range of companies, including Ralph Lauren. Sterzin, along with photographer Bruce Weber, made a radical decision to move away from New York modeling agencies and seek clean-cut young men in college for models. Despite the exposed male bodies Sterzin and Weber depicted in their shoots, these images appealed to a wide readership, creating fun and playful group images.