Vintage Muscle Men

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Roy Dean photographs Blain Lamoureaux

The June 1978 edition of Honcho magazine featured two photo spreads shot by Roy Dean. One of them was of some rather unimpressive leather men, but the other was Canadian football player Blain Lamoureaux. Extending over 11 pages, it was quite a project, so let's take a look.

Side and rear

I like the angle from which this shot was taken.

This might have been the centerfold, but not having the actual magazine, I can't be certain.
I don't like it when they repackage these with strip instead of a crease and some staples.

Page with text

This page late in the spread has some philosophical mumblings. And speaking of philosophical stuff, when Mr. Lamoureaux's coach at the Calgary Stampeders heard he had posed nude for a gay magazine, he shrugged and said, "Guys used to go hunting and fishing in their spare time." A Calgary gay history blog has an entry that said the Blain got fired for posing, but the coach's obituary and the fact that he played several more seasons seem to refute that.

In the ruins

Roy Dean used the ruin of a cabin to add a rustic touch to several photos in the shoot.

For those of you who can't easily enlarge this, I'll put the left hand part below.

I think Blain Lamoureaux may be standing on the ruins of the outhouse.

Spotted

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I posted a cropped version of this one without the text a few months ago,

and it inspired me to look for more photos of Blain Lamoureaux.

A mountain stream in the Canadian Rockies doesn't upstage Mr. Lamoureaux.

An online archive helpfully provided the half version below.

Outtake?

Our last Roy Dean photo of Blain Lamoureaux is said by some to be an outtake from the Honcho photo session because it does not usually appear as part of the larger group. Not that's it's very important, but if anyone has the June, 1978 issues or simply knows, please comment.

Monday, October 21, 2024

Navy Day, Part 1 - Shirtless Sailors

It's Navy Day on the blog and we start Part One with some Australian

sailors loading tomatoes onto their ship during World War II.

1930s Wrestlers

This is a U.S. Navy wrestling team from the 1930s.

Shipboard laundry

Here we have some good looking sailors operating a primitive shipboard laundry.

Firefighters

I think these guys are gathered around a firefighting apparatus.

Australian Trim

Our second Australian photo of the set shows a beard trim in progress.

Navy Day, Part 2 - Affectionate Sailors

The sailors get affectionate in Part Two. We start with a pboto

where the affection is subdued, but at least they're touching.

Group

Some of these guys are friendlier than others.

Cozy Duo

This pair of sailors look quite comfy together.

Arrow

Somebody drew an arrow pointing at one member of this happy group.

Trio

Our last photo of the set has guy in uniform who knows a good thing when he has it.

Sunday, October 20, 2024

Tamotsu Yato Day

Tamotsu Yato was a brilliant Japanese photographer who managed to produce some very homoerotic work in a culture where showing penises is generally not allowed. (We will see two exceptions later in the set, so stay with me.) We start with an image where we get just a hint of package.

Nobou Takemoto I

Tamotsu Yato took promotional photos of Japanese bodybuilders early in his career, both in the studio and in competition settings. I'll post some of the latter in a future series, but today I will focus that part of the series on four photos he made of Nobou Takemoto, who was Mr. Japan 1970. We start with a great derriere shot that shows Mr. Takemoto's stocky build.