Earle Forbes Day

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Kimon Voyages

Kimon Voyages was a bodybuilder who won the Junior Mr. America title in 1942 and placed well in competitions as late as 1953.  Earle Forbes photographed him several times.

 

Need ID

This is one of those unknowns whose identity I have tried to find unsuccessfully 

despite multiple searches.  Does anybody know who he is?

 

Unknown pair

I couldn't find any names for this seaside pair,

but the man at left looks familiar.

 

Shiny

I think Earle Forbes may have helped usher in the "slather on the oil" era.

 

Barton Mumaw

Earle Forbes took this photo of Barton Mumaw during his time with the Ted Shawn dance troupe.

Disclosure:  I removed yellowing from this photo to make it clearer.

 

Tony Sansone

While putting together today's set, I came across this Earle Forbes photo of Tony Sansone that I don't think I've posted in the past.  Even if I'm wrong about that, I doubt anyone will complain.

 

Cover

Although he is not listed on the cover, this photo from the March, 1936 

edition of Strength and Health is said to be by Earle Forbes.

 

Favored pose

Mr. Forbes used the fists on the hips pose in a number of variations.

The good looking model for this one is unknown, to me anyway.

 

Larry Mayer

Our concluding Earle Forbes photo shows Larry Mayer with only a partial shadow.  

This is one of several of Mr. Forbes' pictures where this phenomenon is visible.  

It probably has something to do with the lighting equipment placement.

 

Random Beef

It's random beef day, and we start with a guy on an old rotary phone.

 

Jeans, bush, and muscles

This guy has a great combination of jeans, bush, and muscles.

 

Seen better days

I don't know if this is a really old photo or just one that's seen better days.

 

Oversaturated

The color here is a bit oversaturated, but the model is just fine.

 

Hairy Recline

Our only horizontal fellow of the day is a hairy one.

 

Colt?

If this guy wasn't a Colt model, he should have been.

 

Known model?

I was too lazy to do a thorough search,

but I think this is a known model.

 

Hustler?

I know I'm going to sound judgemental, but this one looks like a hustler.

 

Smile

The smile here is nice, and a contrast to the image that follows.

 

Menacing

Both the model and the gun in our last picture look

 a bit menacing, but I like it anyway.

 

George Platt Lynes Day

It's time for our quarterly George Platt Lynes series, and we start with one of his nudes 

of Jared French which I have somehow not managed to post until now.

 

Fred Daniel

Fred Daniel posed for an unusually lighted GPL photo.

 

Peekaboo I

Here is the first of two peekaboo photos today.

 

Orpheus and Eros

This is Orpheus and Eros from 1938.

 

Alexander Jensen Yow and Friend

Alexander Jensen Yow is at right, but I couldn't find a name for his buddy.

Whoever he was, they look simply beautiful together, not to mention comfortable.

 

Carlos McClendon

This is Carlos McClendon in an exceptionally lighted image.

 

Blanchard Kennedy

That's Blanchard Kennedy stepping over the edge in an undate photo.

 

Peekaboo II

Here's another peekaboo shot that I like even better than the first one in today's set.

I think that is a classic 1940s jukebox the model is sitting on.

 

Contact Sheet

This is an image from one of Mr. Lynes' contact sheets which does not appear to have ever been made into a fully finished print.  I can't imagine why not, but then again, perhaps a beautiful

print is lurking in some collection somewhere waiting to be discovered.

 

Tex Smutney

This last one is a bit enigmatic.  That is definitely Charles "Tex" Smutney at left, but no name 

seems to have been given to the model at right.  Knowing George Platt Lynes, it could 

be Tex from a different distance with different lighting?  Or not.