Western Photography Guild Quarterly Series - Western Skies

Don Whitman's artistry is on for today as we have our quarterly Western Photography Guild series.  This time we focus on men photographed against the Western sky, starting with Glen Hudson.

 

Jerry Beal

The model here is Jerry Beal, and he seems to be trying to shift a very large rock.

 

Ray McGuire

You Levis fanciers may enjoy this shot of Ray McGuire.

 

Daryl French

Brian E sent me this unusual photo of Daryl French.

Thanks, Brian!

 

Pat and Kenny

The first of two duos in today's set includes Pat Burnham and Kenny Owens.

 

Bill Pugliese

We get a nice patch of thatch in this posing strap shot of Bill Pugliese.

 

Marc Arno

One of my favorite WPG models is Marc Arno,

and he does not disappoint here.

 

Dick and Don

These two hunks with a rope are Dick Keifer and Don Longworthy.

 

Hunter Metcalf

In a rare instance for a Don Whitman photo, I removed yellowing from this photo of Hunter Metcalf.  I downloaded it from a resale website, so it's could have come from a collection that either included reprints or was not properly conserved.  Mr. Whitman's niece and nephew have done a remarkable job of preserving his legacy, both in terms of history and conservation.

 

Doran Propp

Finishing the series with Doran Propp and his ditchdigger tan.

 

Vincenzo Galdi

Vincenzo Galdi started his career as a model for Von Pluschow, went on to a stint in the Italian theater scene, and then took up erotic photography himself.  Although he posed nude himself dozens of times in his youth, most of his own erotic photos are of the heterosexual sort.  He did, however, do enough male nude photography to get several series here on the blog, and we begin today's set with a young man draped in a fish net.

 

Portrait I

I really like this portrait of a young man in Roman costume.

 

Beach?

I don't know if this was taken on a beach or some other sandy area.

 

Reaching down

This attractive model seems to be reaching down for something.

 

Uncertain

The Galdo attribution for this one is a bit uncertain, but most source say it's by him.

I've seen more than one photo attributed to Galdi, Von Gloeden, and Von Pluschow.

 

Trio

Galdi is said to have photographed this trio in Rome in 1910.  I've been 

looking for a full length version of this for years without success.

 

Third of a shoot

I recently came across this photo which is the third of this model and setting 

from a single photo shoot.  If you tap or click the "Vincenzo Galdi" entry 

in the column at right, you can scroll back and see the other two.

 

Sand and Basket

Galdi posed this young fellow with a basket in the sand.

 

Portrait II

The model here has an intense look.

 

Repeat

Closing with a repeat from five years ago.

 

Unnamed 1980s Models

Quite a few gay publications from the period of 1980-1985 went through a phase when a lot 

of attractive models were not named.  I don't know the reason(s), but it happened regularly.  

Today I will post ten such men along with the magazines some of them appeared in.  

We start with a guy who appeared in something called Man Hungry.

 

Topman Talk

My source says this fellow appeared in a piece called 

Topman Talk in Honcho's January 1984 issue.

 

No info

No publication name was given for this one, 

but the souce did say it was early 80s.

 

To Close

James Michaels was the photographer for this Honcho photo

that was apparently part of the last spread in April, 1981.

 

Maneuvers

In March of 1983, Honcho ran an eight picture military themed spread by John Krause 

called Maneuvers.  I can't imagine not naming the fine model, but they didn't.

 

Pecker

They called this one "Pecker" which could be a reference to the bird or a part of the man.

It's from Mandate's March of 1983 issue.  I'd keep a close watch on the parrot.

 

Hot Tub

I have no information on this hot tub item,

but the hair is definitely 80s.

 

Touchdown

It was March of 1984 when  Honcho published this one by Matthew Newman.

 

Red

I don't know if Red is what they called the guy at Honcho, or if some 

later collector added it.  The image is from February of 1983.

 

Dinner at Eight

Torso put this guy in a spread called Dinner at Eight in January, 1983.

I'll set the table and put on some steaks.