It's Hairy Playgirl Model Day, and we start with a foldout poster
of David White, Playgirl's Man for October in 1976.
Friday, March 7, 2025
Robert
Playgirl did a photo essay in April 1982 called Executive Men,
and a smirking Robert Trahan appeared in it.
Doubtful
I have strong doubts about this photo that was in my Playgirl file labeled 70s.
It looks like it's from a Target photo spread, but searches came up blank.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Art Odds and Ends
Today I'm posting some art odds and ends, starting with this 1800 work by Thomas Stothard.
Theodore Gericault
This academic painting from ca. 1812 by Theodore Gericault got left out of an earlier series.
Unknown
This painting is by an unknown artist and resides in the Royal College of Art,
the curators of which believe it to be late 19th Century.
Koloman Moser
It was 1914 when Koloman Moser did this drawing. A lot of Moser's male nudes depict
men frantically running somewhere, but this guy looks like he's read to wrestle.
Hugo Lederer
I've posted bronze sculptures by Hugo Lederer before, and they always have fine male forms. This one is called The Runners, and it graced a park entrance in Berlin from 1929 until 1943 when the friggin Nazis melted it down to make weapons. Although he was not persecuted by the Nazis, his friendship with "degenerate" artists kept him from getting commissions after 1933. The Runners was actually a type the Nazis generally liked, but they destroyed it anyway.
Patrick Hennessy
This is In the Hammam by Irish artist Patrick Hennessy from 1965.
I find it quite advanced for its time.
Uli Nimptsch
The Good Samaritan by Uli Nimptsch from 1960 stands outside a hospital in Birmingham, UK.
Twin drawings
The drawing above is Stephen Gjertson from 1974. The one below is by James Childs, and it looks like a very close copy. It turns out that the two knew each other for decades and collaborated from time to time. These look like academic works, so maybe they were in class together.
1970s
This was sold online as "1970s, Unknown Artist" even though there is a signature that at least starts out as L.G Co . . . Seems like someone at the auction could have figured that out, but I tried several searches and came up with nothing. I find it to be quite good.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Ten by Ten Again
Today I'm posting another "Ten by Ten" series featuring an array of my favorite physique photographers. We start with Tommy Evans and Jim Collette by Bob Mizer of AMG.
Bruce of Los Angeles
The industrial cogwheel is a nice counterpoint to the natural contours
of model Bill Watts in this picture by Bruce of LA.
Pat Milo
We get a little smirk from Jack Colbert in this Pat Milo photo.
The tattoo looks interesting, but I can't make it out. Anyone?
Mel Roberts
Mel Roberts doesn't usually make my ten by ten sets, but I couldn't leave out this shot of Butch Wallace. An added bit of interest is the fact that the stage name was chose for political reasons when segregationist George Wallace was running for president. Or so I have read online.
Troy Saxon
We get an alluring look from Jay Bird in this Troy Saxon magazine photo.
Something tells me that his name was made up.
Western Photography Guild
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Our final photos are also our only posing strap images of the day. The model is the very impressive
Joe Lynes by Western Photography Guild. In fact, he's so impressive that I had to add
a second photo below. I wonder if he was related to George Platt Lynes?
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