Champion Studio Day

Walter Kundzicz owned Champion Studio and is best known for his extensive use of color 

and kitschy props.  Today, I am going back to basics with all black and white photos and 

only a smattering of props.  We start the show with a minimalist image of Bob Anders.

 

Nikos Makros

Nikos Makros posed poolside for this one.

 

Joe Alonzo

I don't know what that is Joe Alonzo is holding,

but he looks very good holding it.

 

Hank Strothers

That mesh posing strap on Hank Strothers was a censorship dodge.

More on that subject in a later post today.

 

Mike Pohl

We get three views of Mike Pohl on page 25 of Champions All,

a publication put out after liberalization in the late 1960s.

 

Tore Lind

Tore Lind's Scandinavian good looks worked well with a jockstrap.

Note the image of a naked woman in the background.

 

Doug Betts

This is Doug Betts on the white sand of the Sunset Beach Club,

Walter Kundzicz's very own Florida nudist resort.

You might enjoy the front and back views.

 

Rock Granger

This Rock Granger in one of Walter Kundzicz's censorship dodges, see-through 

underwear.  He was also known to have used mesh posing straps and veils.  

Having been raided at one point, he wasn't taking any chances.

Rod Bauer and Scott Manley

Here we see Rod Bauer (left) and Scott Manley with a rope ladder.

 

Ken French

Lots of beef and a nice dusting of fur 

in this posing strap shot of Ken French.

Oh, and the smile is icing on the cake.

 

Dick Stark

I've posted quite a few photos of Dick Stark over the years,

but somehow managed to miss this one until now.

 

Doug Jackson

Completing the Champion series with Doug Jackson,

his clipboard, and his prodigious bush.

 

Honcho - May 1979

Today we look at Honcho's May, 1979 issue.  I'm not starting with the cover page because 

it is one of their worst ever, showing a guy licking his own thumb.  Instead we will start 

with a photo set by Zeus of a model they only identified as Chuck.

 

Two page layout

This two page composite is the best shot of Chuck, imho.

 

Two views

Best of both worlds in this dual view.

 

Our cowboy model Chuck was said to have opened his own gym called The Phoenix.

 

Colt Ad

Nick Chase got top billing in this Colt ad on page 18.

Just below, Mandate made a pitch for subscribers.

 

Fire Pole

This little item is about some guys sliding down a fireman's pole in jockstraps.

 

No name

I don't seem to have a name for this fellow from page 39.  Anyone?

 

Fine Fur I

This nice hairy model was only listed as "Tom."

 

Fine Fur II

I don't know why Tom is drying his hair when it isn't wet.

 

Zeus

This ad for Zeus Studio appeared near the back of the May, 1979 Honcho.

 

Estonian Body Type Photos - The long and the short of it

Although I know this type of image is not the favorite of many of you, it does have a following,

and I recently got a request from Rob T. of Palmdale, California for a series.  This time I am going with contrasting pairs in terms of height, but some of you will no doubt notice other differences.  For those of you really into this genre, visit Larry over at The Unashamed Male .  Not only did Larry generously send these to me, but he posts them regularly with a different approach.

We start with Nos. 316 and 317.

 

441-442

                                  

 

453-454

For some reason, the side view accentuates the difference between these two,

something that was already pretty profound.

 

538-539

These two seem to support the old adage about body size

and the size of something else being inverses.

And I'm not talking about their hands.

 

675-676

These two have a key difference that isn't their height.

 

693-694

In the bottom phots, the guy at right seems to be 

straining to see the top of the guy at left.

 

719-720

Mr. 719 is almost a full head taller than Mr. 720.

 

253-254

For whatever reason, there are over a dozen of the Estonian body typing sets that have 

only two views of the men.  (Most of the missing views are frontal, fwiw.)  

Our last three in todays set are from this group.

 

314-315

In the side view these two seem to be staring straight ahead.

 

355-356 - Only two views but lots of beef

I call 355 and 356 beefy bottoms.

Mr. 356 appeals to me greatly.

Thanks again to Larry at the Unashamed Male and "a friend from San Francisco"

for sharing this historic and very engaging group of photos.