#asrah by von gloeden

Another familiar and distinctive face this evening - as his previous picture was so deservedly well-received I thought I would include another of Asrah, the model of striking good looks who appeared in so much of Wilhelm von Gloeden’s work throughout his time in Taormina.

The lovely Asrah, blessed with an enchanting face full of character and gentle humour, and a timeless masculine beauty - those deep soulful eyes! Pictured here just before the turn of the last century, when he would’ve been twenty three, twenty four - one of the last photographs von Gloeden ever took of this fine young man.