

BDJ - Anon from Taipei
In case you're wondering, every guy in Elska signs a sort of contract called a 'Model Release Form'. It states what the pics are for and...


BDJ - Nikita G from Lviv
I can't believe it's more than a year since Elska began and that we're about to release our eighth issue, in our eighth city. But here's whe


Cutting is the Worst... with John H
One of the worst jobs of editing Elska is having to cut guys from the issues. It's been a necessity in every issue so far. In Issue (01)...


A Yemeni and then an American... with Joejoe F
Cardiff shoot week didn't get off to a great start. I arrived into the city on a late Tuesday afternoon and had one shoot already planned...


Sioux (That's Not What Kisses Should Taste Like) ...with Jon D
As I've said time and time again, anyone is welcome to take part in Elska, even straight guys. To be honest I didn't know anything about...


Tea... with Dave R
When Elska did its first shoots a year ago in Lviv, Ukraine, I believed a tradition had started. For that first shoot week we rented an...


Accents (Too Welsh)... with Orrie M
Years ago when I was at uni during a linguistics class, the lecturer played a series of recordings where scripts were read out in various...


Foreigners are Allowed, or Should They Not Be?... with Oliver D
I had an interesting conversation with a friend recently, who casually asked how the Cardiff shoots went and what sort of progress I was...


What Wes Taught Me... with Wes S.
Because we don't hire professional models at Elska, pretty much every guy you see in our issues are first time models. However, a few...


The Quiet Ones... with Luke C
Luke was one of the most up-for-it of the Cardiff boys. He was the first guys we found (I think on Instagram), the first we scheduled to...