Clifford Oettinger, Part 1 - Glenn Bishop

Today we have a two part series on the work of Clifford Oettinger, a Chicago based photographer whose work can be hard to find.  Based on the sheer number of photos of him in Mr. Oettinger's portfolio, I'd say that Glenn Bishop was one of his favorite, or at least most willing, models.  Part one is all Glenn, and no, you won't be seeing him in one of his Dorothy Lamour lookalike swimsuits.

 

Lakeside Derriere

For whatever reason, there don't seem to be too many derriere photos of Glenn Bishop.

That's surprising since it was a reliable way to get nudity past the censorship laws.

 

Dead Tree

Mr. Oettinger used this large dead tree in several photo shoots,

but this photograph of Glenn Bishop is perhaps the best.

 

Woodland Stream

I have several photos from this session with a woodland stream, and they are all good.

 

Cover Man

Body Beautiful was an "art" magazine that was mainly pitched to gays.  Glenn Bishop was described in the accompanying cover article as "teen America's favorite bodybuilder."  It should be noted that Mr. Bishop won several titles and appeared on the covers of mainstream physical culture magazines.

 

Clifford Oettinger, Part 2 - All the others

A fairly reliable source says that the first model in part two, Don Fuller, posed for this photo by Cliff Oettinger.  I thought Mr. Fuller was a West Coast model, so I'm not so sure about that.

 

John Grimek

Clifford Oettinger took his turn at photographing the always impressive John Grimek.

 

Vic Seipke

Here's a nice solo image of Vic Seipke on Lake Michigan.

 

Jim Park

I was tempted to tone down the glare in this shot of Jim Park, but I left it as I found it.

 

Foursome

Closing out Clifford Oetting day with a lakeside photo of four bodybuilders.

My source says the first three (l-r) are Don van Fletteren, Jim Park, 

and Vic Seipke, but no name was given for the man at far right.

The picture was made at Oak Street Beach in Chicago.

 

bushnstache day

Today's series features a dozen images I've downloaded from a new blog called bushnstache.

The blogger comments here as bns on a regular basis.  We start with a photo of Ben Pascham.

You can visit the blog at https://bushnstache.blogspot.com/

 

Arthur Kampf

German artist Arthur Kampf painted Uberfall in 1917.

 

Douglas of Detroit Duo

Here we see Andy Buck and Bob Delmonteque in a photo by Doug Juleff, aka Douglas of Detroit.

 

Frank Chandler

Bob Mizer of AMG took this photo of Frank Chandler.

 

No name

I didn't get a name for this guy.

 

Tony Nero

This distinguished looking furball is Tony Nero.

 

Carter Lovisone

Here we see Carter Lovisone by Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild.

 

Kyle

This is Kyle Jessup, aka Kyle Hazard, by Colt Studio.

The red shag carpet screams 1970s.

 

Adrien Deriaz

I was very pleased to find this photo of Adrien Deriaz on bushnstache.

 

Mark

The only name attached to this fellow was "Mark."

 

Jimmy Lewis

This picture of Jimmy Lewis was produced by Freddie Kovert.

 

Kenn Duncan

 

Ending the bushnstache set with an unknown dancer by Kenn Duncan.

You can see more at https://bushnstache.blogspot.com/

The Genius of George Platt Lynes

It's time for our quarterly series on the genius of George Platt Lynes.  Slowly, but surely, more of his work is coming to light as time passes.  Today I will be posting some items that recently came to my attention and which I think are among his best.  We start with a self portrait with camera.

 

Different

This is my favorite of the day, simply because it is different . . . and beautiful.

 

Dance

Dance was a consistent theme in George Platt Lynes' work, and is shows up here.

 

Bulldog

Always ahead of his time, Mr. Lynes gives us the basic bulldog pose here.

 

Languid

 

When I thought of how to describe this one, only the word "languid" came to mind.

Shadow Reclining

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Together

The lines, the curves, and the shadows all come together in this one.

 

Duality

My source says that these two photos were meant to be seen as a single work of art. George Platt Lynes did this a number of times, sometimes with two images and sometimes with three.

 

Different

The angle of approach and sort of industrial feel make this picture rather different.

 

Trio

The last image in today's series is one of those enigmatic group photos that bring forth a number of different emotions and possible relationships.  Mr. Lynes remains an artistic giant after all this time.