Lyle Frisby Day

Today I'm presenting ten photos by Lyle Frisby in alphabetical order by the model's surname.  

We start the show with Neal Carlson in a competition flex.

 

Dale Curry

This Lyle Frisby photo is one that I recently found while trolling resale websites.  It's interesting in that it was both new to me and an example where we can see that a drawn on posing strap was rubbed off by the original purchaser.  Also, he didn't bother to rub off the waist string.

 

Hank Evans Solo

Lyle Frisby left some photographic equipment in the margins of this solo shot of Hank Evans.

 

Ted Fuller

Brian E sent me this Lyle Frisby shot of Ted Fuller flexing some time ago.

Thanks, Brian!

 

Hank Evans and Ed Haley

This photo of Hank Evans and Ed Haley was of a style that was on the way out when it was made.

Other than the touching knees and loosely interlocked arms, they hardly relate to each other.

 

Ed Haley Solo

Ed Haley stretched out on the floor for this one.

 

Bob Jones

This is Bob Jones and his big rope. 

 

John Manning

Although he's not one of my favorite models (too thuggish), I had to include this Lyle Frisby photo of John Manning.  That driftwood he's sitting on appears elsewhere in Mr. Frisby's work, btw.

 

Norman Robins

Here we have Norman Robins hefting a broken Classical column.  I've seen this photo 

attributed to Pat Milo, but current thinking is that it was taken by Lyle Frisby 

before his death and printed afterward by Mr. Milo.

 

Paul Stewart

Closing out the Lyle Frisby set with a rather tentative looking Paul Stewart.

 

70s and 80s Beards

Today we will look at some bearded men from the 70s and 80s, and I have no names for any of them.  We start with a guy whom I think appears later in a different pose.

 

Where?

I have no idea where, but I feel like I've seen this man before.

 

Only one

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Bear or otter?

I can't decide if the nice looking guy in a red jockstrap is a bear or an otter.

 

Familiar

This guy might be famous, but neither I nor Google Images can find a name.

 

Construction

If you're going to do the old construction worker fetish, at least do it well.  I call this a success.

 

Artistic

Somebody put some effort into making this one look artistic.

 

Oh, Daddy

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Again?

I think this may be the same guy who appeared earlier in today's series.

 

Happy

I'd really like to know this happy fellow.

 

Richer's Professional Models, Part 1 - Known Quantities

I recently had to good fortune to find some "new" photos by Paul Richer in a French institution's archive.  One group of those were labeled as professional models, some of whom were named.  So today will be a two parter, starting with known models and moving on the unknow.  First up is Raphael Colletti, whose beard and hair style made his face look square.

 

Francois Bianchi

Here we see Francois Bianchi in on of those "playing the castanets" poses.

 

Alexandre Valentin

Alexandre Valentin looks quite well proportioned from behind.

 

Adolphe Giraudon

This is Adolphe Giraudon in a classic pose with a staff.

 

Alonzo

Our final entry in the Richer known model category is a guy who went just

by Alonzo and was having a bad hair day when this photo was taken.

 

Richer's Professional Models, Part 2 - Unknowns

My source only had names for a bit less than half of Paul Richer's professional model portfolio, and given that they are a well regarded institution, that'l likely because Richer didn't record them.  We begin Part Two with a man who not only posed nude for other photographers, but also has appeared here as the subject of several academic drawings.  Surely someone knows his name.

 

Muscular rear

The muscles stand out nicely in this rear view of an unknown.

 

Familiar?

I wish we had a better look at this model's face because 

I think he may have posed for at least one important painter.

 

Forlorn Gaze

We get a somewhat forlorn skyward gaze from this model.

Sandow used the same pose, only with a fig leaf.

 

Dramatic Pose

Our last unknown Paul Richer model looks as though he might have been both an athlete and a model.  Such was not unheard of, and the dramatic pose really shows his muscles.