Sizing Up the Tom of Finland Competition

21st August 2014, 1:45 pm

An article in Hint Fashion Magazine has promoted the forthcoming 2014 Tom of Finland Emerging Artist Competition, now in its 10th year.

As the article states:

It goes without saying that erotica is the main criterion for entering the 10th Tom of Finland Emerging Artist Competition. But actually, there’s very good reason to be vocal about it. The Tom of Finland Foundation launched the contest in 1993 to advance the principles of the Finnish artist Touko Laaksonen, aka Tom of Finland, who for decades portrayed well-endowed men looking for and engaged in homosexual acts — during a time when homosexuals were targeted, persecuted, and victimized by police.

Among the images accompanying the article are these photos of the gardens at TOM House: