1980s Porn Stars

The title of today's set, 1980s Porn Stars, is a bit misleading because some of these men were simply nude models as opposed to full action porn performers.  For organizational purposes, however, I'm throwing them all together.  We start with a John Coletti photo of a model called Matt.

 

Connor

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

Jim

This 1982 model was named only as "Jim."

 

Kelly Pullum

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

Honcho ran this Eros photo of George Conover in May of 1980.

His helmet hair is a bit mussed, but we still get the gay clone look.

 

Lyle

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

Matt Forde

Matt Forde is popping out of his 1981 gay clone 

gym shorts in this photo from Mandate.

 

Maneuvers

This handsome soldier is from a March 1983 photo spread in Honcho magazine.

The photographer was John Krause, but they gave no name for the model.

 

Dutch Rainer

This poolside shot of Dutch Rainer is from 1981.

 

Mike

My source only identified this one as "Mike" from a 1984 publication called Sunblazer.

 

Van Reynolds

Here we have Van Reynolds in another Playguy photo.

 

Frank Vicke

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

Name That Model

It's time for another round of Name That Model, and we start with an outdoor Rod Crowther photo.

 

Bruce I

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

Nice setting

I really like the rock face backdrop on this one, and the model is nice, too.

 

Ladder

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

AMG?

The setting on this one makes me think of poolside AMG.

 

Bruce II

I really hope someone knows the name of this handsome African-American model 

who worked for Bruce.  Even if you don't have a name, more photos would be nice.

 

Al Urban

A hefty portion of Al Urban's work is of unknown models, 

and this impressive model is one of those.

 

Earl Forbes?

The style of this one makes me think of Earle Forbes, but that's just a hunch.

 

Dave Martin

This handsome smiling fellow has been identified by more than one reliable source 

as a model for Dave Martin.  No one, however, seems to have a name for him.

 

1940s

All I know about this one is that it is supposed to be 1940s.

 

Bruce III?

 

The board fence looks like one I've seen in some photos by Bruce of LA, but I'm not positive 

that this is the same one.  The model on tiptoes has a great smile regardless.

 

Douglas of Detroit

A reliable source said this unknown is by Douglas of Detroit.

 

Kneeler

My source described this guy and a "kneeling hunk."

I can't argue with that and would love to have more photos of him.

 

Western Photography Guild

Don Whitman of WPG was more meticulous than most physique photographers 

about recording the names of his models.  This one, however, is an exception.

 

Profile

Our last unknown has a great profile and is another model who looks vaguely familiar.

 

George Hester Day

I've spent over a year, off and on, looking for some crisp versions of the 1970s male nudes of George Hester, 1923-2022.  So far, all I've found are grainy images, some of which look like quickie cell phone shots.  Perhaps that was his style, but I can't imagine there being no repository of his work other than book resellers on eBay and other online venues.  So today is George Hester day, and I'm posting the best of what I could find.  If any of you own any of his books, please comment.

 

Hazy

The hazy nature of this photo doesn't put me off,

but I do wonder if it was intentional.

 

Back

I find this backside view interesting.

 

Right at us

I'm not sure if this model is looking right at us or right through us.

 

Group

George Hester photographed a number of nude groups, 

some of mixed gender and some all male.

 

Lynes linfluence

I don't know if George Hester was familiar with the work of George Platt Lynes,

but if not, their aesthetic certainly overlapped at times.

 

Page

I can't tell if this was the original page layout from Mr. Hester's book'

or something the seller put together to promote it.

 

Nice

Nice derriere on this one.

 

Favorite

This one is a personal favorite.

 

Grainy, but well lighted

Our last George Hester image is another one on the grainy side.  I'm still wondering if that is some sort of artistic statement or if no one has bothered to put high resolution images of his work online.