Before photographer Edmund Teske (1911-1996) moved from Chicago to Los Angeles and before he started experimenting with psychedelic drugs and imagery, his figurative work had a more subdued quality.  This is a picture of Teske's lover, Richard Soakup (real name) nodding off in their Chicago flat.

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Richard Soakup

Edmund Teske, 1940
vintage gelatin-silver print
8″ × 7.75″