TOP ON THE ROCK | Aaron O’Connell by Sasha Eisenman

Kai steps in front of photographer Matt Alves for a striking studio session where clean portraiture gives way to dramatic black-and-white studies of the male form. With hard light, deep shadows and an athletic physique, simplicity becomes seriously seductive.

David Lastra proves what consistency can build. This photogallery celebrates his powerful, beautifully proportional physique and the intersection of bodybuilding, masculinity, health and sensuality.

Gucci Primavera brings six very different visions of modern masculinity together as Tom Brady, Shawn Mendes, Jin, Xiao Zhan, Tarzzan and EsDeeKid join a campaign universe led by Kate Moss in Johan Renck’s And We Shall Dance Again.

Tennessee takes the crown. Meet Jaydon Kanipe, the athletic, small-town entrepreneur whose combination of physique, discipline and grounded masculinity carried him from Baxter, Tennessee, to the Mister USA 2026 title in Las Vegas.

Deacon Phillippe embodies the modern California boy in ERL’s Sailing Collection, photographed by Eli Russell Linnetz at the brand’s Venice Beach studio.