Polaroid Day, Part 1 - Black and White

We have a Polaroid two parter today with part one in black and white, part two in color.

We start with a young man looking a pictures of naked females in a trashy magazine.

 

Shapely

I don't know what that wall decoration is behind the model,

but the guy has a shapely behind.

 

Lighting

Although it was in all probably purely accidental, 

the lighting in this one approaches the artistic.

 

Streaks

Here we see the streaks one often observes in old Polaroids.  This is usually the result of the uneven application of a fixing agent the photographer had to smear across each picture.

 

Hmmmm . . .

Hmmmm . . . I think we know why this guy got the modeling job.

 

Polaroid Day, Part 2 - Color

We start the color half of the series with a photo I initially had a hard time believing was a Polaroid.  

In fact, I'm still not sure, but a fairly reliable resale website says so.

 

Candid?

This one may or may not have been candid.

 

Popular Model

This guy must have been popular with a certain photographer 

because he shows up over and over in similar settings.

 

Undies?

Are those his drawers on the table?

 

Bush

And finally, we have something for you bush fanciers.

 

Weightlifting Day

It's weightlifting day, and we start with a guy and his twin dumbbells.

 

Sig Klein

This is Sig Klein, a bodybuilder who maintained championship level fitness into his 50s.

 

Kettle Bell

As noted here before, kettle bell weights have been used in bodybuilding since the 1880s.

This German gentleman is from around 1930.

 

Muscles

I'd say this fellow has been getting results from his efforts.

 

Gladiator I

You can see a patch of thatch around the jockstrap on this man doing his routine

 in gladiator sandals.  We'll see him a bit later today in another pose.

 

Pulley system

This man is using a pulley weight system for his workout.

 

Demonstration

This early 20th Century photo shows a man lifting a barbell.  It is from a series of separate photos 

that show him demonstrating a variety of lifts.  Perhaps the photos were 

meant to have been part of an instructional manual.

 

Outdoors

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Gladiator II

Here's the gladiator sandal guy from a different angle.

 

Tumblr Grab

Our closing photo is one I grabbed during the sack of tumblr.

This guy did a least four other poses during this session.

 

Models Named John II

Time for another group of physique models named John, 

starting with John Silva and his football by Dave Martin.

 

John Hackett

In the first of three Johns by Bruce of LA in this set, we have John Hackett.

 

John Davidson

Pat Milo took this photo of John Davidson.

 

John Consul

Lon of New York took this shot of John Consul.

 

John Winship

John Winship does not fail to impress in this posing strap photo by Bob Mizer of AMG.

 

John Nogar

This time the football is in our second Bruce of LA item of the day.

The model is John Nogar, and a certain viewer might note the shadow(s).

 

John Smith

Russ Warner took this photo of a heavily oiled John Smith.

 

Ed Miller

Our second AMG photo of the set features John Krivos Ed Miller in one of Bob Mizer's fake winter 

wonderland settings.  The usual story is that they used left over Christmas trees.

Edited to add:  As pointed out by Dart in the comments, this is Ed Miller.

I'm leaving the picture up as everyone seems to like it.

 

John Weidemann

Our third and final Bruce of LA picture in today's set

features John Weidemann and a chain in the desert.

 

John Wanders

Chuck Renslow of Kris Studio finishes the John series with John Wanters.