Earlier this month, New York-based photographer Jeremy Kost was in Los Angeles shooting an edit for a forthcoming issue of Brazilian magazine Junior — due out mid-December — featuring an alligator floatie and… insanely beautiful guys.

He sent a some outtakes to New York Magazine (above), along with a few more polaroids of another edit he shot for the December 2008 issue of sleek Californian magazine Anthem (below). He considers the latter “a take on childhood innocence with a dark turn,” and warns: “As the clothes come off, the guys become more aggressive with the masculine stuffed objects, eventually tearing the stuffing out!”

Jeremy Kost photography
Anthem
New York Magazine