Etienne's Fishermen - 2

Etienne - Lobster Fishing

This image by Etienne seems innocuous at first sight, almost a pastoral study of a working fisherman. That's partly because the two men in it seem posed and not interacting in any way. There's certainly not the passion seen in the first of this fishing series. 

One's eye is naturally drawn to the bare top of the hunky, lobster fisherman. Some perhaps are attracted to the strikingly dressed, young bystander. Then the erotic details click in - the fisherman is totally naked (bar his cap and waders) and the on-looker is sporting an impressive bulge in his pants (understandably).

That bulge seems to have caught the fisherman's eye too, he stops his work and leans back on one elbow, but it's almost as if he's irritated by this young sprog staring at him. He still holds the lobster over his crotch in a grip that reflects it's phallic shape. I suppose the word lobster itself has a certain innuendo value too, but it's  hard, cold shell isn't a natural choice for frottage. 

I'm no expert but I assume he's taking the tails off the lobsters, rather than selling them whole. I imagine it's not usual for a lobster fisherman to carry out this task naked at the waist, so he must get a steady flow of gawpers. If the creatures are still alive he's risking quite a lot! 

The knife in his other hand seems menacing, particularly with the youngster's bulge in his direct line of sight. The upward curve of the blade might also simply be an indicator of sexual interest but there's an unmistakeable edge to this picture. As Etienne says in Part 1, fishing (of any sort) is a dangerous sport.

Tom of Finland - Fish Surprise (1959)

Tom of Finland drew on the more obvious eroticism of a cold, wriggling fish in the lap for this playful image. It's a natural match to the drooping fish tail Etienne used in the first angling image of Part 1. 

The depiction of the scuba diver's swimming trunks in this picture has always seemed extraordinarily sexy to me, how could any man fall asleep in it's presence? The slightly phallic bottle underneath the hammock (complete with it's straw for sucking) lies in reach of the dangling hand and may be indicative of an erotic dream that is about to be abruptly ended, or perhaps one about to take place!

This modern Yaoi artist is less subtle about the phallic qualities of fish 

and leaves no doubt it's still alive. Strictly for fantasy chaps!

Correctness aside, there's some nice bondage detail in this image

More Etienne in Part 3