Men Up Against a Wall

Our theme this time is men posed against a variety of walls.

We start with a sailor against a brick wall.

 

Unsure

I'm not sure what sort of wall these two are up against, but it is 

probably one at the sprawling AMG/Mizer comples.

 

bushnstache

This one is classic, and I stole it from the vintage blog bushnstache .

If my notes are correct, he's George Connover.  

 Thanks!

By Alan Ginsberg

Alan Ginsberg took this photo of an unnamed hitchhiker in 1961.

 

1950s?

The hairstyle and rolled up Levis give this one a classic 1950s feel.

 

AMG

All I know about this one is that it's another AMG image.

 

Shower Wall

This hairy beauty posed against a tile shower wall.

 

Shack Wall

This one intrigues me.  For some reason, a very good looking man posed 

nude against the wall of what appears to be a weatherbeaten shack.

 

Wall and Roof

These two seem to be posed against both a roof and a wall.

 

Rock Wall

Glen Steers posed against a rock wall for Jim French of Colt.

 

Contrast

No one seems to know who took this one or who the models are.

 

Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski 1974

Our closing photo shows Polish artist Michel Szulc Krzyzanowski.  He made this 

self portrait against a wall showing other nude photos he took in 1974.

 

Mandate 1980

For today we will look at ten photos from several 1980 issues of Mandate magazine.  We start with a picture by Len Tavares from April in which a model is holding a trophy surrounded by covers.

Mr. Tavares was the in-house photographer for Mandate for quite some time.

 

July Unknown

My source had no name for this model from July.

 

U.S. Studio I

In the first of two pieces promoting U.S. Studio, we see a piece promoting 

The Book of James by U.S. Studio, an outfit I don't think I've heard of before.

 

Rick Wolfmier

This Colt photo of Rick Wolfmier was given a two page spread,

but I'm not sure if it was a centerfold or not.

 

Dusky July

This dusky photo from the July 1980 issue has an enigmatic hand coming around a door frame.

 

Twofer

I have no info on this twofer other than that it appeared in April of 1980.

 

U.S. Studio II

Unlike the other page promoting a U.S. Studio book, this one offered

five high quality signed, numbered, and matted prints for $75.

 

Santa and Friend

Michael Rock took this picture of Santa and a friend for the January issue in 1980.

 

Joe Antoin

Len Tavares took this photo of Joe Antoin for the leadoff shot in an October 1980 series

 called The Total Man.  Unfortunately, my source only showed this one online.

 

Colt Ad

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Pat Milo Bright Backgrounds

Pat Milo is well known for his photos against black backgrounds with exceptional lighting.  

For our quarterly series featuring his work, I've chosen some models against bright 

backgrounds.  First we have Carl Boudreau with his hands and arms up.

 

This model was listed by Pat Milo as John Stumps, but you may know him better 

as Johnny, the name used when he worked for Bob Mizer at AMG.  He looks

 a bit more mature here, and is that a wisp of a mustache I see?

 

Hugh Pendleton

The background in this photo of Hugh Pendleton isn't all white,

but the dark blocks do add an interesting element.

 

Cherokee

Here we see Everett Lee Jackson, often referred to simply as "Cherokee."

 

John Hadnagy

Mr. Milo used an interesting curved piece of furniture for this shot of John Hadnagy.

 

Jim Bouvier

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Larry Scott

Pat Milo photographed championship bodybuilder Larry Scott a number of times 

and was said by some observers at the time to have had a crush on him.

 

Jim Randall

One of those truncated statues of Venus was used 

as a prop in this picture of Jim Randall.

 

Doug Zarbach

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Bert Callinder

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