Honcho May 1980, Part 1 - Main Content

Our series today is a two parter from the May 1980 Honcho magazine.  

Part one is general content, and part two will show off some of the ads.

 

English Leather I

The main photo spread for the May 1980 edition of Honcho was called English Leather,  and it featured Kerry from Liverpool.  I hope they didn't get sued by the cologne company over that.

 

Letters

Honcho used this attractive Zeus photo for the introduction to the letters pages.

 

English Leather II

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Bedspread

This is by far the best picture from a photo article called Bedspread.

English Leather III

Here's another shot of Kerry from Liverpool, aka English Leather.

 

Movie Review - L.A. Tool & Die

Finishing part one of today's series with a movie review

 of L.A. Tool & Die featuring Richard Locke.

 

Honcho May 1980, Part 2 - The Ads

The ads in Honcho could sometimes be just as entertaining as some of the articles and photos,

so I'm including a sampling from the issue featured today, starting with Zeus.

I immediately recognized Mark Wolf when I saw this page.

 

Target

Target went uncut in their May 1980 ad, with Bruno featured.

You'll see him later today in another studio's ad.

 

Colt

You've seen several of the models in this Colt ad here on the blog.

 

Playguy

Playguy was sort of a perennial "also ran" in the gay magazine derby of the 70s and 80s.

They did, however, make the wise decision to use Bruno for one of their covers.

 

Surge Studio

Al Parker is the biggest name is our last ad from Surge Studio,

but many of you will recognize some of the other men.

 

Von Gloeden Day

I know the work of Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden isn't everyone's cup of tea,but it does have the weight of history and artistic progress behind it.  Recently, I've seen a number of his works on the resale websites that I hadn't seen before.  Today I'm posting ten of this group,

five of which are duos as we see in the lovely image above.

 

1902

Someone came up with a year for this, 1902.

 

Duo II

Our second duo is having a chat on a lovely terrace.

This is one that I'd really like to see in color.

 

Up or down?

I can't tell if this model is holding up a bunch of flowers

or pulling down the branch of a flowering tree.

 

Duo III

Our third duo are enjoying a quiet moment by a stream.

 

Trio

Technically this is a trio, but it's mostly about the two at right.

 

Duo IV

The guy on the left looks like he just made a proposition,

but Mr. Right is holding out for a better offer.

 

Wrinkles

The paper this was printed on looks like it got wet and wrinkled.

 

Duo V

Our fifth duo shows two young men with a large jug on a terrace.

 

Frequent Model

Our final von Gloeden post is a model who appears numerous times.

It's not too hard to imagine why.

 

Name That Model

It's time for another round of Name That Model, or in the case of this first one by AMG, Name Those Models.  I'm back in OCD mode and posting them in alphabetical order by photographer.

 

Bruce of Los Angeles

Bruce of LA, aka Bruce Bellas, used masterful lighting in this shot of an unknown.

 

Rod Crowther

Washington, D.C. based photographer Rod Crowther is underappreciated, imho.

The terrace used for this location appears many times in his work.

 

Douglas of Detroit

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Kovert of Hollywood

I really wish I knew who this fine looking model for Freddie Kovert was.

 

Lon of New York

That well worn column screams by Lon of New York, aka Alonzo Hanagan,

but no one seems to have a name for the fine model.

 

Dave Martin

Dave Martin did a better job than most of his peers at documenting 

his models' names, but try as I might, I couldn't find one for this guy.

 

Pat Milo

This fellow by Pat Milo looks quite familiar, but I just can't pin a name on him.

 

Troy Saxon

My source for this one isn't the most reliable,

but they say it is by Troy Saxon.

 

Al Urban

This unknown Al Urban model isn't so beefy,

but he has some nice muscles.

 

Russ Warner

My source said this unknown man with a short sword was photographed by Russ Warner.

 

Western Photography Guild

Literally bringing up the rear, we have this one by Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild.

I have a hunch as to who this might be, but let's see if anyone agrees.