Elska's latest issue has us madly in love with the men of Mumbai

BRB, moving to Mumbai ASAP!

After taking us to Yokohama, Japan earlier this month, queer travel and photography publication Elska is now sending readers to India in their latest issue and paying tribute to the handsome men of Mumbai!

"Quite soon after Elska was launched, people were describing it as a showcase for diversity, particularly in how it furthers visibility of different races, ages, and body types," Elska editor and chief photographer Liam Campbell said in a statement about how this latest issue of the magazine came to be. "At first this was fully unintentional — the point of Elska was just to travel to different cities, meet a random bunch of local guys, and then share their images and stories in some sort of print publication — but once people started describing how much Elska's approach meant to them, and how they felt more a part of the LGBTQ+ community for seeing 'people like us,' I felt a responsibility to keep going. It was then after a chat with some friends in LGBTQ+ media who asserted that the South Asian community sees the least representation that I decided to head to India for our next issue."

Campbell continued: "This led us to Mumbai, which originally became the tenth issue of Elska. However, the issue didn't do so well, becoming our all-time lowest seller at the time. However, as Elska has continued to grow over the years, having recently published our forty-sixth issue, I decided to do a reissue of Mumbai. While I'm not certain it will fare better this time, considering that South Asian visibility is still so low and undervalued, I'm absolutely proud of our Indian showcase, an issue that is one of my all-time favourites."

The portraits of these Mumbai studs are also accompanied by personal essays written by each of the subjects. A companion zine, Elska Ekstra Mumbai, is also available for purchase and includes outtakes, behind-the-scenes content, and more photos from guest contributors Mitch Cullen and Alcibiade de Paros.

Scroll through to see more portraits from Elska's Mumbai issue. And for more information on Elska and to order the issue for yourself, visit their official website here.