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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Celebrity Hunks


Today's theme is shirtless celebrity hunks, and we start with 
Clint Walker curling some iron sans half his costume.

 

Tab Hunter


Tab Hunter was just one of several 1950s and 60s heartthrobs who were gay.
He didn't come out until 2005 when he was age 74.

 

Sam Elliott


Sam Elliot always takes the fur factor off the chart, 
and he managed to land hunk roles into his 70s.

 

John Payne


I love the lighting in this photo of John Payne from one of his boxing movies.

 

Robert Conrad


My favorite Robert Conrad role was when he did The Wild, Wild West.
This photo is from a set done at an LA gym with another actor.

 

John Derek and Charlton Heston


Here we have John Derek and Charlton Heston in a publicity still from The Ten Commandments.

 

Tom Selleck


My source didn't say so, but this photo of Tom Selleck looks
 like it's from his Magnum PI days here in Hawaii.

 

Cliff Robertson


PT-109 was just one of several movies in which Cliff Robertson showed 
off his hairy chest.  He was one very fine looking man all around.

 

Jon Hall


Jon Hall starred in mostly action adventure movies in the 
1930s and 40s, shifting into westerns in the 1950s.

 

Hugh Obrien


This splashy color shot is Hugh Obrien from Love Has Many Faces.

 

Sean Connery

I never get tired of looking at Mr. Sean Connery.

 

Richard Chamberlain


Richard Chamberlain passed away at Waimanalo, Hawaii on March 29 of this year.  My earliest memory of him was my older sister having a crush on him when he played Dr. Kildare on TV.  
Gay, but closeted throughout much of his career, he later described being terrified of being
 found out, but then suddenly liberated once he finally took the plunge and came out.

 

Monday, April 21, 2025

Lesser Known Physique Photographers


Today we will look at some lesser known physique photographers.  As you will see, being lesser 
known does not necessarily mean being of lesser quality.  We start with Davis Danby 
as photographed by Frank Bork, a fine Canadian photographer who did business as Can-Art.  
Mr. Borck eventually became almost an iconic figure in the Canadian gay culture scene.

 

Art Modern


This is Ray Anderson, a model who posed for Art Modern.
He has nice shoulders, even at that angle.



 

Roman Studio


Just when I thought I'd found all the different photographers who used Joe Dallesandro as a model, another one popped up.  This rocky image is supposed to be by Roman Studio.
Like everyone else, I'm sure they had to pay and pay.

 

Luc Geslin


Luc Geslin took this color photo of Francesco Mello Xavier.

 

John Hernec


Phil Campisi posed in the reclining position for Johnb Hernec.

 

Al McDuffie


Titan, Acme, and Cal Models were all trade names used by photographer Al McDuffie.
This photo of Juan Franco was done under the Titan brand.



 

Antonio Arabia


What little I've managed to scrape together of Antonio Arabia's 
work is all excellent.  The model here is unknown.



 

Avery Willard


This is Ralph Bernard by Avery Willard.  Despite the distracting background,
Mr. Bernard's fine physique shines through.

 

Scott Collection


Bob over at Bob's Naked Guys posted this five years ago, listing it 
as an unpublished amateur photo from the Scott Collection.

 

Your Model Service


Art Ullrich posed for a number of well known photographers,
but this one is by the obscure Your Model Service.

 

James B. Hills

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Arnt


Our last image from a lesser known photographer is by John Arnt of Seattle.  In this case the reason that the artist is little known is that there is so very little of his outstanding work extant.
I have only a few over 20 photos in my entire Arnt collection.

 

Sunday, April 20, 2025

1950 Was a Good Year


Today is all about the year 1950, and we start with a George Platt Lynes photo 
of Jared French above and an unnamed study Mr. French did the same year below.


 

Wynn Chamberlain


Wynn Chamberlain made this figure drawing in 1950.
From the Leslie-Lohman Museum collection.

 

Phillies


Philadephia baseball players Granville "Granny" Hamner and Mike Goliat
 relax in their hotel room in this 1950 photo from LIFE.

 

Jens Juncker-Jensen


Danish photographer Jens Juncker-Jensen took this in 1950.

 

Scout


This scout is from a 1950 FKK magazine.



 

Memorial


Richard Scheibe sculpted this in 1950 as part of a memorial to Friedrich Ebert, 
president of the Weimar Republic.  Herr Ebert did not look like the statue at all.



 

Vigour


This is the cover of British magazine Vigour from October of 1950.
I believe the cover man is Bob Smith.

 

Bob Morris


Russ Warner took this photo of Bob Morris in 1950.



 

Yannis Tsarouchis


This is Greek Military Policeman from 1950 by Yannis Tsarouchis.

 

Unknown


This unknown (to me anyway) American physique model posed in 1950.

 

Danes

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Tennessee Williams


PaJaMa took this photo of Tennessee Williams in 1950.

 

Donald Stuart Friend


Australian artist Donald Stuart Friend completed this painting in 1950.

 

Naples

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