I’ve always loved Taeyang’s black and white portraits. Not just because he’s a naturally handsome guy that seems to get handsomer as he grows older, but that the B&W photos he has done tend to bring out the more thoughtful and vulnerable side of him in a way his other fashion shoots don’t.
HQ Scans below the cut.
While the inital impact of these GQ shots were of how good looking he has become, I also see how much he has grown up from a boy into a man. And unlike before, the maturity isn’t just in a wiser and more thoughtful way but also in a more assertive (and sexual) masculinity than what was in the past.
I can’t wait for the interview to be translated.
Many thanks to urthesun for the scans. Click on any thumbnail to start the slideshow.
Press photos:
Always Tae Yang 
Thank you, thank you for these scans they are lovely! I really enjoy his styling here 🙂 GC always delivers X) Can’t wait for the subbed interview!
JWC always giving us the best. Below is the rough translation of the part that I liked. Sorry it’s not much, busy weekend!! Boo~!
TY: My original idea was place ‘Love you to death’ right after “Intro”, but it wasn’t easy to place that song as a second track since it almost didn’t make it to the album. Eventually ‘Intro’ and ‘Love you to Death’, these two songs which are close to the direction that I initially envisioned was placed in the first and last in the album.
I really love the lyric of ‘Love you to Death’, it’s so passionate. Love a girl to death… And I like how this song has Sounds of Masculinity.
JWC Is Taeyang a passionate person?
TY: Yes. Especially when i am falling for someone. Getting to know that side of myself, I feel like I need to control myself before falling too hard.
thank you for sharing this short trans.. it’s very helpful and i love this part too.
http://www.gqkorea.co.kr/content/view_02.asp?menu_id=04030100&c_idx=012201020000121 Online edition (part of the interview)