Amateur Shots from Myselfixion

One of my favorite blogs is at https://www.tumblr.com/myselfixion .  I've followed this one over the years through many trials, tribulations, and platform changes, and it is always worth a look.

Today we will view ten photos from there that I think may be amateur,

starting with this one that may also be a Polaroid.

 

Bulge

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

 

All over tan

This young man with an all over tan looks quite comfortable being nude in front of the camera.

 

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.

 

Douglas of Detroit Quarterly

Douglas Detroit makes a regulat quarterly appearance today,

starting with the first of three unknowns in this series.

 

Mike Dubel

Doug Juleff didn't use a lot of props, but this archery themed photo of Mike Dubel works.  

Actually, just about anything with Mike Dubel in it would work just fine for me.

 

Stan Stanczyk

Although  he frequently posed full frontal, I do have this demure shot of Stan Stanczyk.

 

Bob and Joe

Here we see Bob Delmonteque and Joe Marcy.

 

Keith Maynard

Keith Maynard looked right into Doug Juleff's camera

when he posed for this reclining shot.

 

Norbert Schemansky

This is Norbert Schemansky, a highly regarded weightlifter and competitive bodybuilder.

His brother Jerry also posed for Douglas of Detroit.

 

Unknown II

I really like the reverse spotlight and shadow effect in our second DofD unknown.

 

Bill Hooper

This stacked fellow is Bill Hooper.

 

Al Walch

We get a smile from a semi-reclining Al Walch.

 

Unknown III

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