Kenn Duncan IV

I've recently come across some great photos by Kenn Duncan, so today I am posting my fourth series by this great photographer.  We begin with a classic pose that really works with this model.

 

Dramatic

Kenn Duncan's Broadway connections to dancers and other performers

caused him to set up some dramatic poses such as this one.

 

Finely built

I wish we knew this Kenn Duncan model's name.

I have several excellent photos of him.

 

Style

Here we have a very simple composition that still manages to have a fine style to it.

 

Rear

This one of my favorite Kenn Duncan derriere shots.

 

Surf

Kenn Duncan seldom worked outdoors, but this blond

emerging from the surf shows he could be good at it

 

Fun

Despite the serious expressions, I thing this one must have been fun to pose for.

 

Harvey Evans

This photo of Harvey Evans was one of Kenn Duncan's first photos to appear in After Dark.

 

Stance

The model's stance here is odd, but somehow appealing.

 

Dancer

Closing the latest Kenn Duncan series with an unknown dancer.

 

19th Century Day

We're visiting the 19th Century today, beginning with this anatomical photo by an unknown photographer.  The same model from a different angle will appear at the end of today's series.

 

Igout I

This is the first of three photos in today's series by Louis Igout.

I posted the frontal view of this same pose last May.

 

Marconi I

This albumen print by Gaudenzio Marconi is in the collection of Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour.

 

Hermann Heid I

I can't tell if this Hermann Heid model is gesturing or holding an imaginary object.

 

Igout II

Louis Igout never seemed to run out of different ways to pose men.

 

Lalaing

My original source listed this one as unattributed, but some poking

 around produced a believable link to the Belgian Jacques Lalaing.

 

Marconi II

I'm sure that Flandrin inspired this Marconi photo,

and it is one of at least two Marconi did on that theme.

 

Hermann Heid II

Hermann Heid made good use of that little table to set up this shot.

 

Igout III

The model in our third Igout photo seems to be giving a worried look over his shoulder.

 

Anatomical II

As promised, here is the match to the first photo in today's set to close things out.

 

Niels Henry Imbert

Niels Henry Imbert (1907-1993) was a Danish photographer whose male nude work has been 

dated at around 1950.  (The models' hair styles seem to back that date up.)  I have not, however, 

been able to find any more detailed biographical information.  Neither have I been able to find 

much of his work, my entire collectio amounting to 12 images.  The magazine cover above 

leads us to think his nude work was directed at the European naturist journal trade.  

If anyone has more of his photos, please contact me.

 

Muscles

The musculature is nice in this one.

 

Geometry

I like the geometry in this pose.

 

First Find

This was the first Neils Henry Imbert photo I found,

and it led to the search for more.

 

Outdoors II

The second outdoor photo in today's set look woodsy.

 

Only derriere

This is the only derriere I could find by Niels Henry Imbert.

 

Outdoors III

This quizzical item leaves me wondering what the blond is going to do with that rock.

 

Hood ornament

Is it just me, or have I been posting a lot of hood ornament photos lately?

Oh well, maybe they just stick in my mind for some reason.

 

Outdoors IV

An older model in what appears to be moorland

appears in our fourth outdoor Imbert photo.

 

Shadows

At first glance, I thought this model was holding something, 

but it was just the interplay of light and shadows.

 

Outdoors V

Our fifth outdoor shot show a man with a solitary tree and a wooden fence.

 

Classic

Closing out the Niels Henry Imbert set with a classic bodybuilder pose.