Early 20th Century Men

We visit the early 20th Centtury today, starting with a young man reaching for something.

 

Adrien Deriaz

My source admitted to having brightened this photo of Adrien Deriaz, and I don't blame them.

It was taken in 1915 near the end of Mr. Deriaz' career, and I have to say he still had it.

 

Jim Thorpe

Native American Olympic Champion Jim Thorpe posed for this dual view in 1914.

 

Section Heading

A popular online vintage photo resale website uses this photo 

as a section heading without providing any provenance.

 

Stretch

Those stretch pull exercise devices were probably 

relatively new when this picture was made.

 

Gustav Fristensky

Here we see legandary Czech strong man and wrestler Gustav Fristensky in a classic pose.

 

Rope pull

I have no information on this shot of a young man pulling on a thin rope.

 

Moser Style

This is one of those photos that reminds me of a Koloman Moser painting.

 

Goo-goos

Mr. Right seems to have a bad case of the goo-goos for Mr. Left,

and Mr. Left just might know about it.

 

Austria

And lastly, we have this 1920 item from Austria

 

Robert Giard Day

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Zebra

Mr. Giard took several different photos of this hairy man on a zebra skin.

 

Untitled

Untitled, 1979.

 

Douglas Crimp

In response to the AIDS crisis, Robert Giard began a series of portraits of as many influential gay artists and writers as he could.  The Particular Voices group of photos eventually came to number over 600.  This one of art critic, writer, and activist Douglas Crimp is a good example.

 

Man with Mask

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Untitled

I have no information on this one.

 

Lee

The model here is listed only as Lee.

 

Toy

I really like this one of a man and a toy robot.

 

Cyclist

The tan lines stand out in this photo from the 1970s.

 

Legacy

When Robert Giard died suddenly in 2002, his surviving partner Jonathan Silin 

and other associates founded the Robert Giard Foundation to further the work 

of young photographers.  Thus, this fine artist's legacy lives on.  The 2019 photo 

above is Justin by Camilo Godoy, a prize winner sponsored by the foundation.

 

Desert Dudes

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Tom and Larry

This AMG photo features Tom Mathews (left) and Larry Carr.

 

John Winship

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No clue

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Gary Seegar

Our only color picture of the day is Gary Seegar by Mel Roberts.

 

Don and Kip

Bob Mizer of AMG took this photo of Don Fuller and Kip Behar.

 

No Info

Another unknown by unknown.

 

Curt Parks

This is supposed to be Curt Parks by Pat Milo, but I'm not at all sure about that.

 

Eddie Williams

One doesn't usually think of desert landscapes in relation to Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild, but this photo of Eddie Williams sure looks like it.

 

AMG

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