Candid pictures of hot guys seen in the Stockholm transportation system.
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This website has been set-up to facilitate a large-scale, participatory art project. We hope to engage the citizens of Stockholm in an engaging and entertaining thought exercise, meant to explore the issues of gender and privacy.
Our two humble goals are to engage and to entertain.
As a general question, why is it widely perceived as acceptable to view women as passive, sexual objects, but not men? And in a contradictory double-standard, is it more acceptable to ”stalk” male subway passengers, while many people exhibit a visceral reaction if the subjects were instead changed to women? And finally, as we come under ever greater surveillance by both businesses and governments while we are in both public and private spaces, what happens when our fellow citizens become part of that discussion?
There is a rich recent history of artists critiquing and tweaking this narrative. A well-known example is David LaChapelle, who is simultaneously a consumer and a producer of such vanities, both through his artwork and his larger-than-life persona. Recalling his 2006 work Flesh Market, our project hopes to allow for some dialogue about this topic, having broken the social taboo of openly objectifying men instead of women.
Sweden is widely acknowledged to have some of the most attractive people in the world, but it seems that our country’s fabled gender equity comes to a screeching halt there: in the minds of the world-at-large, Swedish women exist on a special bikini team while the men are either vikings or chefs.
By showing the casual, everyday life of Stockholm’s men, we hope to further broaden Sweden’s international reputation as home to a stylish, attractive, and engaged citizenry, one that is open to new ideas, capable of challenging preconceptions, and willing to laugh both with, and at, itself.
Some people might not like their picture being shared on this site, and while its aims are entertainment and education, the editors in no way wish to cause anyone any discomfort, nor in any way infringe upon a person’s right to privacy.
This site is based on artistic expression and a deep appreciation of the subjects, and as such, is legally entitled to publish these photos. More information on Swedish laws regarding taking photos in public places can be found here: http://www.sfoto.se/tio-fragor-om-lag-och-ratt.
If you are featured in any of the photos on this site and you object to your presence, please get in touch with us via the Contact form.
Stalkholmed processes each image prior to posting, both to curate quality images but also to ensure that no identifying data is unintentionally included in the photo. Many camera and smartphones embed information such as GPS coordinates, and to preserve the safety of all our participants, we strip all of this information.
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In this regard, Stalkholmed shall in no circumstances be liable for direct or indirect damage to the individual, person featured in the photo, or submitter of the photo where their respective behaviour contributed to the occurrence of the damage s/he claims to have suffered.
