Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography review – men as types

Barbican Art Gallery, London
This attempt to show us what men are made of runs the gamut from soldiers to prodigal sons, but few of the 300 works featured offer more than dated stereotypesThere is a famous photograph of a bodybuilder in this show – biceps flexed, sinews taut, posing like Charles Atlas on a summit. The figure is naked, the attitude somewhere between heroic athlete and statue. But there is something missing: it may take a second before you notice the lack of a penis. This is