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Colt Studios helped define generations of gay men on their own personal roads to 'creating' the men they became. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
Colt Studio was founded by Jim French and Lou Thomas in 1967, as a male homoerotic photography studio and distributor of mail-order prints.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office had visited the Gray household multiple times and had flagged the 14-year-old as a person of interest leading up to the shooting at Apalachee High.
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Colin is facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.
Gray is being held at Barrow County Jail.
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Colt Studio photographs collection
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Collection
Identifier: MSS 618
Scope and Contents
The Colt Studio photographs collection contains 80 sets of homoerotic photographs produced by Colt Studio, as well as a few brochures, catalogs, calendars, and magazines.
“‘Because It’s so Damn Good’: An Interview with Pioneering Illustrator Jim French (NSFW).” Flashbak, 15 February 2018, https://flashbak.com/damn-good-interview-pioneering-illustrator-jim-french-394922/
Historical note, Colt Studio Photographs, Coll2014-122, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8m61pd6/entire_text/
Shaun Cole (2014) Costume or Dress? Colt Gray, 14, is being tried as an adult in the shooting, which killed four and injured nine others.
GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTING: NEW AUDIO OF ALLEGED SHOOTER, FATHER ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE OVER 2023 ONLINE THREATS
According to father Colin Gray in recently released police interrogation transcripts, "[Colt's] gone through a lot."
"[Colt] just wants us to have a simple life.
The leather scene which was an interest of Lou Thomas, who in 1974 went on to open Target Studio which had a major focus on the leather scene.
Colt Studio established itself as one of the most successful gay erotic studios.
Screens with the short film "Into Man's Country." Into Man’s Country delves into the secretive and intimate world of the gay bathhouse during the ‘70s.
A positive look at the photographic career of Jim French, the creator and photographer behind Colt Studios.
Many of the images and videos produced by Colt Studio are still available for purchase via Colt Studio Group.
Full Extent
2 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information is indeterminate.
Each photograph set corresponds to a specific model.
Jim French: The Art of Masculinity at Cultural Center
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A positive look at the photographic career of Jim French, the creator and photographer behind Colt Studios. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Authorities claimed that Colin knew and allowed his son Colt to have access to his firearms in the household ahead of Wednesday's shooting.
WHAT WE KNOW
"I was trying to get him on the golf team … like, ‘Oh look Colt’s gay. From 1955-1957 he served in the US Army, and at the suggestion of Army friend Saul Stollman to use French's unpublished drawings for a business venture the two began first Arion Studio and then Lüger Studio where they incorporated photography. The story of Jim French and Colt.
It just was very difficult for him to go to school and not get picked on by, you know, it went from one thing to another to, you know, he was talking to the couple friends he has," said Gray.
Colt Gray, charged as an adult with four counts of murder, leaves the Barrow County courthouse after his first appearance for the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, Friday, Sept.
The cowboy aesthetic of Colt often alternated with leathermen themes. Colt was a predecesor of The Lüger Studio, co-created by French, and similarly to Lüger, Colt Studio's name played with the imagery of a pistol as well as cowboy themes.
Jim French (1932-2017) was an illustrator, photographer, filmmaker, and publisher. Retrieved from https://www.advocate.com/people/2017/6/29/story-jim-french-and-colt
Gorman, Paul.
Alleged Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray's father said his son had been called "gay" by classmates in 2023 interview transcripts recently released by police.
Colin Gray, 54, has been charged in connection with Wednesday's school shooting, which claimed the lives of two students and two adults in Georgia. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga.
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, Pool)
The call, taken by Investigator Dan Miller in 2023, cast 14-year-old Colt as someone who had been picked on and "ridiculed" by classmates.
WHO IS THE ALLEGED GEORGIA SCHOOL SHOOTER? For preservation and security purposes, researchers are limited to accessing one folder at a time.
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