Originally published in the U.K. by Herbert Jenkins, April 1951.

David Hurles, known throughout the '70s and '80s as 'Old Reliable', documented the exotic and forbidden world of male hustlers. He was uniquely able to provoke and capture raw emotional responses from these dangerous men living on the fringes of society. Working in San Francisco and Los Angeles, two cities renowned for their beauty, glamour and disenfranchised American Dreamers, Hurles documented the drifters and grifters moving restlessly through America's hard underbelly. A documentary of youthful male ambition, his photos vibrate with assurance and dangerous sexuality.

Hurles's photographs vibrate with self-assurance and dangerous sexuality. "Outcast" tells two fascinating stories--that of a determined gay artist who pioneered the dark mirror image of the artistic male nude and a mosaic portrait of underground America.