I’m re-posting this comment left in the general “About” section onto the photo he is talking about.
The “hippie” image [https://mattsko.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/hippie/] should be attributed to Crawford Barton. It is a copyrighted 1976 image from his first book “Beautiful Men”. All his published works have long been out of print.
Crawford was a famous 1970’s gay photographer who chronicled the men of San Francisco in the 1970. Sadly he was one of the many talented men who succumbed to AIDS. He was a friend of mine; a kind and gentle southerner from Georgia. I used to know the person in the photo but time and age have faded the memories from that unique time and he is now a long remembered face without place or name.
He called and said his goodbye before his death and sent me the photo proofs from his book before his death. Unfortunately, during my long dance with AIDS, I threw out all my love letters, including his. I was featured in one of his photos in the Malcolm Boyd book “Look Back in Joy” copyright 1986 with the essay “The Rains Came”.
Thank you for the site, amazing images from the last century. Memories and dreams and images to thrill.
Gregory
Thanks for the photo credit and the background info! And glad you are enjoying the site. When I think of all the talented and beautiful souls that have been lost to the AIDS crisis I become very humble and sad.
MATTHEW'S ISLAND 
I’m re-posting this comment left in the general “About” section onto the photo he is talking about.
The “hippie” image [https://mattsko.wordpress.com/2018/03/13/hippie/] should be attributed to Crawford Barton. It is a copyrighted 1976 image from his first book “Beautiful Men”. All his published works have long been out of print.
Crawford was a famous 1970’s gay photographer who chronicled the men of San Francisco in the 1970. Sadly he was one of the many talented men who succumbed to AIDS. He was a friend of mine; a kind and gentle southerner from Georgia. I used to know the person in the photo but time and age have faded the memories from that unique time and he is now a long remembered face without place or name.
He called and said his goodbye before his death and sent me the photo proofs from his book before his death. Unfortunately, during my long dance with AIDS, I threw out all my love letters, including his. I was featured in one of his photos in the Malcolm Boyd book “Look Back in Joy” copyright 1986 with the essay “The Rains Came”.
Thank you for the site, amazing images from the last century. Memories and dreams and images to thrill.
Gregory
Thanks for the photo credit and the background info! And glad you are enjoying the site. When I think of all the talented and beautiful souls that have been lost to the AIDS crisis I become very humble and sad.