PaJaMa

We are overdue for a series of the PaJaMa Collective's work.

so let's start with Donald Windham at Fire Island in 1938.

He will appear again today nearer the water.

 

Smithsonian I

This is the first of three (at least) pictures in today's set from a photo archive that PaJaMa member Margaret Hoening French donated to the Smithsonian after Jared French's death.

It shows Mr. French in the grassy dunes of Provincetown.

 

Lynes 1940

Although I don't know the location of this 1940 photo for certain, it resembles an area 

in New Jersey where the subject, George Platt Lynes, was known to visit in summer.

 

Smithsonian II

The model in this picture from the Smithsonian donation look similar to one 

who appears later in today's set.  Or maybe he just looks familiar.

 

John Butler, Two Views and Two Provenance Connections

These front and back photos of John Butler were included in the Smithsonian donation, 

but they were also independently in circulation among collectors.  I found these on an 

online auction site as part of what was most likely an estate sale.  There are six 

others from the session which will be posted later.

 

Fire Island

Only three of the four men in this 1954 photo made at Fire Island Pines are identified.

They are Joe Santoro, Robert Buckley, and Fred Melton.

 

Donald Windham

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Todd Bolender

Provincetown was the location for this 1947 PaJaMa photo of Todd Bolender,

an acclaimed dancer, choreographer, and found of the Kansas City Ballet.

 

Smithsonian III

The third photo from Margaret Hoening's Smithsonian donation is a reclining nude.

 

1941

Our last PaJaMa photo is an unknown model from 1941.

 

Dean's List

Roy Dean's 1980 coffee table book, The Dean's List, was shot here in Hawaii, although I have doubts about one or two of the photos.  Today we will look at ten images from the book.

 

Dean's List - 9

I wonder what page 9 was pointing at.

 

Dean's List - 12

Number 12 is an unusual pose.

 

Dean's List - 15

I really like the languid pose and idyllic setting in Number 15.

 

Dean's List - 20

Number 20 is posed dramatically atop some big rocks.

 

Dean's List - 22

Model 22 posed perched in a tree overlooking a bay.

 

Dean's List - 29

While I don't like the cropping at the left side, #29 is still a nice picture.

 

Dean's List - 34

Number 34 may have been taken somewhere other than Hawaii.

Brick walls are relative rare here.

 

Dean's List - 39

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Dean's List - 50

Ending the Dean's List set with #50, a man who almost has a fig leaf.

Well, he is in the banyan roots, which are in the fig family.

 

Artistic Nudist Day

Today I wll be posting ten photos showing 1960s nudists at art related activities.

We start with a guy looking at something off camera.

 

Older fellow

Several of today's men appear to be middle aged or over.

This guy goes in the senior category.

 

Looking

Is he looking at the picture or the female's chest?

 

Sculptor

I wonder if this fellow was actually the sculptor

or just admiring the statuette.

 

Cropped

I cropped a woman out of this one.

 

Painting a pair

There are a pair of female models off to the right.

You can see on of their feet in the margin.

 

Beatnik

The sunglasses and the goatee scream early 1960s beatnik.

 

On his knees

I'm no artist, but wouldn't it be easier to buy an easel that's tall

 enough rather than do one's painting on one's knees?

 

Holding

This guy is holding what appears to be a picture of a naked woman.

 

Seen before

Our last artistic nudist is a middle aged gentleman 

who has appeared here on the blog in other settings.