Good morning, campers! Today's edition of Morning Goods has a bit of a story behind it. You see, we received an email last week directing us to the Flickr sight of this man: Lars Stephan.

The email claimed that Stephan just adores Morning Goods and hoped to join our illustrious crew of masturbatory delectables. Needless to say, we were skeptical - what are the odds that a man so inhumanly attractive would want to have anything to do with lil' ol' us? Thus, we told the sender to tell Stephan to send us an email as confirmation.

Much to our surprise, Stephan followed through and sent us a personal email insisting he did, in fact, want to be a part of your respective mornings. Obviously we weren't going to deprive you, our adorable readers, such a sight. Seriously, these pictures give us an instant erection.

But, we digress. As part of this very special Morning Goods, we asked Stephan to send us a little bio, which we've chosen to paraphrase:
German born, Stephan has since relocated to our fair Gotham. He has spent the past few years dabbling in a number of occupational pursuits. For example, he's spent some time in front of the camera as a professional model, he did a little stint as a sunglass designer and he's survived the most dangerous job on the planet: serving as Naomi Campbell's assistant.

Luckily, Ms. C didn't rough him up and Stephan's beauty remains intact. Most recently, he's stepped behind the camera. Without models on which to practice his photographic eye, Stephan produced a series of self-portraits, some of which you'll see here (that is, if you haven't skipped all this explanation).

As a next step, Stephan's looking to assist a high-end fashion photographer. Of course, he hasn't ruled out the possibility of modeling again. So, if you any of you crazy kids can help in either respect, we're sure Stephan will be forever grateful.

He'll never love you as much as he loves us, though.

(Oh, and for those of you who are wondering: he's taken. Whether said partner's a man or a woman, we can't say. We pray to God, however, that it's a man.)

For more Stephan deliciousness, check out his Flickr page: *lars nyc*