Posting another set of military men today, starting with four Germans from World War II.
Monday, November 4, 2024
Wide and then close in
I'm showing the original version of this one above, and a cropped one below.
The men are WWI British troops in Mesopotamia.
Suckling Pig Farm
Lt. George C. Martin took this photo of a fellow British soldier on a suckling pig farm in 1915.
Looks more like a fruit orchard to me, but I suppose it could be both.
Ledo reprise
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As requested by several viewers, here is anothe view of a chubby guy washing
his truck on the Ledo Road in Burma. The photo is by Bernard Hoffman.
Germans
German soldiers in the 20th Century were not known for modesty, but these men on the
Eastern Front have put on suits for a swim. Although there is no water in sight,
my usually reputable source says that they were out for a relaxing swim.
Gafsa
Here's another dual view. This time its a photo by Eliot Elisofon from the Roman Baths at Gafsa.
Navy Men
Underwear photos have been getting a good viewer response lately, so here's one more from the U.S. Navy. The tattooed man has his name marked on his boxers. They look friendly.
Another view
Closing out military day with yet another view of this group of Americans getting a shower in World War II. An unknown (to me, anyway) photographer took about half a dozen photos of these guys cleaning up. They have shown up on resale websites, blogs, and who knows where else. I found this particular one for sale on eBay by someone called Chuck.
Sunday, November 3, 2024
George Platt Lynes Day
I recently stumbled across some "new" material by George Platt Lynes, so I'm presenting ten
of those photos today. We start with a beautifully lighted Blanchard Kennedy.
Contact Sheet I
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Some G.P. Lynes contact sheets came onto the market recently, and I cropped this image from one of them. Contact sheets are a "down and dirty" cheap developing process thatr allow the photographer to get a good idea of which images on a roll of film are worth the cost of full processing. I'm really surprised that nothing from this group of photos seems to have been completed. Perhaps they are lurking some where in a private collection.
Pair
This unknown pair made me think of Ted Starkowski and
Chuck Howard for a moment, but I don't think it's them.
Quintet
This photo from 1941 is interesting, to say the least.
The smoky effect is said to have been intentional.
Chuck Howard
Chuck Howard was George Platt Lynes' lover before he tood up with Ted Starkowski.
Mr. Lynes took a number of photos of him, but only a few were nudes.
Contact Sheet II
Our last G.P. Lynes photo is from a different contact sheet which was labeled "Sailors."
The model looks more like a bodybuilder, but I suppose he could have been both.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Roy Blakey Day
Sometimes referred to as "the other male nude photographer named Roy" in reference to Roy Dean, Roy Blakey took up photography full time when an injury (and age) ended his career as a skater in the Ice Capades and Holiday on Ice. Today we will look at some of his work, starting with this unknown model in Da Vinci's Vitruvian pose.
Missing knee
Despite the technical and aesthetic excellence here, I can't stop thinking about the missing knee.
Slightly out of focus
I don't know if the slightly out of focus effect on this photo was intentional or not.
It makes me think of those glamor shots women got in the 90s.
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