Vic Seipke Day

You might not recognize him, but this is Vic Seipke, and it's his day on the blog.

 

Color slide

This color slide by Spectrums shows Vic Seipke on a lake shore.

 

Posing Strap

Even in a posing strap, Mr. Seipke impresses.

 

Dramatic

I don't know what sort of drama is behind this pose,

but it works well enough to show of the muscles.

 

Two Versions

A slightly different crop of the same photo was used for the American 

and Japanese versions of Muscle Power magazine around 1956.

 

Bamboo?

I'm not sure, but that may be a rolled up bamboo mat behind Vic Seipke.

 

Young days

Vic looks younger in this unattributed photo.  The cropping of his arms

is unfortunate, but it is still an enjoyable picture.

 

Vim

This Vim cover is from 1955, and Vic Seipke had a full section of photos inside.

They were by Douglas of Detroit, and one is shown below.

 

Domestic scene

I'm not sure what that thing is that Vic Seipke is looking at on top 

of the chest of drawers, but he looks very good doing it.

 

Color

This looks like on of a series of color slides of Mr. Seipke done by Spectrum Studio.

I am not completely positive about that however.

 

Sword

I don't have a photographer attribution for this one,

but it looks like the work of Douglas of Detroit.

 

Repeat

Closing out Vic Seipke Day with a repeat from almost five years ago.

 

G-rated Bodybuilders

Bodybuilding culture goes way back, as witnessed by this 1907 magazine.  Today we will look at some men and photographers from that genre, some of whom crossed over into nude photo work.

 

Unknowns

The unknown (to me anyway) bodybuilders posed outside their gym for a group photo.

 

Billy Lemacks

Dick Falcon took this photo of a trophy holding Billy Lemacks.

 

Vince Edwards

This is a blond Vince Edwards with four adoring females.

 

Jack Ledger

Early in his career Bruce Bellas, aka Bruce of LA, photographed 

competitive bodybuilders, as we see here with Jack Ledger.

 

George Eiferman X 3

George Eiferman posed poolside for three photos

many of you might find interesting.

 

Andre Drapp

This is Andre Drapp in Cannes in 1948.

 

Mr. Los Angeles 1958

If we had to name the title holding competitive bodybuilder most likely to drop his drawers 

in front of the camera, it might be Ray Routledge.  He has appeared at least a dozen times 

on this blog without a stitch on.  They misspelled his name in this piece touting his victory 

as Mr. Los Angeles of 1958, and the photo is by Bruce of LA.

 

Jack Lalanne

Here we have Jack Lalanne in 1957 pulling a Cadillac and a pair of females.

The photo is by Russ Warner.

 

AMG

 

This last one is a reminder of two things.  First, Bob Mizer at AMG got his commercial start photographing competitive bodybuilders.  And second, some of those guys knew exactly what some of the men in the audience were there for.  Just look at that coquettish grin!

Sierra Domino Day, Part 1 - Shafter

It's been far too long since I posted a series of Sierra Domino Studio's work, 

so we will have a two parter today, starting with my favorite SD model, Shafter.

 

Glare

The glare and harsh lighting might be blinding, but Shafter looks good in it.

 

Wildfire

That grass looks tinder dry.

 

Undressing

Here we see Shafter gettig out of his shorts.

 

Big Rock

Shafter would look good anywhere, but he is especially fetching in front of that big rock.

 

Repeat

The last image of Shafter in the set is a repeat of a post from over five years ago.

 

Sierra Domino Day, Part 2 - Promotions and Covers

Part two of our Sierra Domino set features publication covers and promotional material.

I found a slightly better quality version of the Brothers cover, shown below.

 

Album A

Album A did include some nice keepsake photos, but it's main purpose was

 to generate mail orders for sets of photos of the models featured.

 

Head Shots

1981's Excellence in Ebony set featured head shots on the cover.

I'm sure the interior was not so demure.

 

Rhapsody in Black

The cover art for Rhapsody in Black featured a tantalizing derriere shot,

something not seen that often in the bulk of the material extant.

 

Album A-3

Album A-3 featured Wendell.

 

Odis in Hawaii

Our final Sierra Domino promotional item features Odis in Hawaii and a guy who's 6'8".