Jack Mitchell Day

It's time for another series on the work of Jack Mitchell, and we start 

with choreographer and Martha Graham dancer Tim Wengerd.

 

Don Lopez I

This is the first of two photos of Don Lopez in today's set.

 

Nick Caturano

Nick Caturano posed with a luger in 1972.

 

Milton Dean

Milton Dean posed for Jack Mitchell in a series of photos with botanical overlays in 1974.

 

Leland Schwantes

This is Leland Schwantes.  You might remember him as one 

of the principal dancers in the movie All That Jazz.

 

Erik Emerson

This rather odd picture of Erik Emerson is from 1971.

 

Doug Benz

Doug Benz posed for Jack Mitchel in 1979.

 

Jan Stephen

This photo of Jan Stephen is from 1967,

one of the earliest dates in my Jack Mitchell collection.

 

David Del Tredici

It was 1974 when Jack Mitchell photographed American composer David Del Tredici.

 

Don Lopez

This Jack Mitchell photo of Don Lopez appeared in After Dark in 1985.

 

Von Gloeden Day

It's Von Gloeden day, and we start with a handsome model on a terrace.

 

G-string Flex

I don't know why Von Gloeden bothered with the g-string on this flexing model.

 

Boxers

The boxing motif shows up several times in Von Gloeden's work,

and this is one of my favorites.

 

Hazy

Whether the hazy effect here was intentional or just later fading,

it gives an ethereal feeling to the photo.

 

Serious

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Look away

I was tempted to remove the yellowing from this one, but didn't.

 

Basking

These two give the impression of basking in the sun with their eyes closed.

 

Sexy

Despite the lack of overt nudity, I find this photo incredibly sexy.

 

Photoshopped?

This one sent my photoshopped alarm off.  Any opinions?

 

David Vibe

Our final Von Gloeden photo gives me a "David" vibe.

 

Military Day, Part 1 - Odds and ends

Today's series is a military two parter, starting with some odds and ends.

This is another of Eliot Elisofon's WWII North Africa color shower shots.

 

Book

These soldiers are supposedly from a book published by Adolph Koch in 1964,

The photo looks a lot older that that, however.

 

Bath

These soldiers look more like they are getting a bath than a swim.

 

Ledo Road

Here's another Bernard Hoffman photo of a chubby truck washer on the Ledo Road in Burma.

 

St. Mary's

This is a cropped version of one of those St. Mary's College Fight School photos.

 

Military Day, Part 2 - That one guy

Part two of military day has some groups of men where there's that one guy who has to show off.

 

Seven

Tent number seven has an interesting scenc going on.  One guy's in a suit,one guy's 

naked except for boots and socks, and one guy is getting out of his pants.

 

Demonstration?

The crowd gathered around makes me think the naked guy was demonstrating something.

 

1939

 

We can't see much, but the guy at center is partially exposed.

 

More than one?

There's actually more than one guy showing off here, but you have to look hard to find them.