Arax of Paris Day

Today I am featuring the work of Arax of Paris, starting with Charles Kassapian.

 

Unknown

I found this Arax photo for sale on eBay, but the seller had no name for the model.

 

Roger Chauroche

Arax didn't make all that many posing strap photos, but this one of Roger Chauroche is a good example.  I think Mr. Chauroche's physique is beautifully proportioned and natural looking.

 

Jean Millet - Two Views

I'm posting two rather different Arax photos of Jean Millet.  Above, we see a very artistically lighted frontal, and below we have a rear view from a promotional piece of some sort.

 

Unknown

An otherwise well curated website had no name for this Arax model.

 

1955

I'm including this one as a reminder that Arax had a very successful business making, selling, 

and publishing photos of bodybuilders in trunks and at competitions.  We do not know the event 

this was made at, but the 1955 photo is from the collection of Lucien Bacquemane.  Is it just me, 

or are the black guy and the fellow at far right making eye contact?  It wouldn't be 

the first (or last) time two contestants fell in love at a male beauty contest.

 

Gerard Oliver?

Google says this is Gerard Oliver, but the online seller says the model is unknown.

 

Andre Drapp

Andre Drapp won the titel of Most Beautiful Athlete in France for 1947,

and he autographed this Arax photo for some lucky fan.  Below, a later

Arax photo of Mr. Drapp in a rather different style.

 

Another Unknown

This beautifully lighted photo is of an unknown Arax model.

 

Skill

Our closing photo shows the skill of Arax in posing and lighting yet another unknown model.

 

Amateur Shots from Myselfixion

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Bulge

I wonder if whoever took this one had any appreciation for that bulge?

 

All over tan

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Foggy

I was tempted to defog this one, but I'm leaving it as it is.

We are having amateur day, after all.

 

Tattoo

Can somebody tell me what that tattoo is supposed to be?

 

Woodsmen

Here we see some guys who look like they are about to have some fun in the woods.

Or did they just finish having it?  Oh, well, I'm sure they had a good time.

 

Vietnam

This looks like some photos of Vietnam GIs that I've seen.

I hope they all made it home OK.

 

Good Quality

If this was indeed made by an amateur, whoever took it was a talented one.

 

Hirsute bed sitter

And here we have nice looking hairy guy sitting on a bed.

 

Babbling brook

I can't tell what our closing guy is doing in that brook, but I like the picture.

A big thank you to https://www.tumblr.com/myselfixion for today's photos!

 

Roy Blakey - The Magazines

The more I delve into Roy Blakey's work, the more impressed I become.  His work in the iconic gay men's magazines of the 1970s and 1980sis among his best, and it will be featured here today.

We start with Harvey Evans on the cover of After Dark from October, 1971.

 

Mandate I

The first magazine I noticed a Roy Blakey photo in was mandate.

Michael Muncie appeared there in September, 1978.

 

After Dark II

I don't have the issue for this one, but my source said it was from After Dark.

 

Mandate II

Roy Blakey did the cover plus an interior spread in the April 1980 edition of Mandate.

The model is Mark Negrem.

 

Honcho I

This is Joe Porcelli from the August, 1980 edition of Honcho.

 

Mandate III

This is Robert La Tourneaux from Mandate 1978.

 

After Dark III

Casey Donovan, aka Cal Culver, appeared on the cover and inside After Dark in December 1972.

 

Honcho II

Earlier we say Mark Negrem in Mandate,

but this one is supposed to be from Honcho.

 

Mandate IV

For those of you who actually read the articles in these sorts of magazines,

here's one about Larry Paulette and his lovely derriere.

 

Mandate V

We close with a Mandate piece about gay sex in the cinema.