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.

 

John Grimek Day, Part 1 - The Lon of New York Photos

I have sporadically posted photos of bodybuilding great John Grimek over the years, but today 

I am doing a full three part series on him.  A role model for no less a figure than Steve Reeves, 

he even edged out the younger man in several competitions.  He was active from about 1934 

until the late 1950s.  Part one of our set features the work of Lon of New York, 

shown above with a photo of Mr. Grimek and a statue of Hercules.

 

Front view

The bright lighting in this front view of John Grimek

makes me thing the shot was made outdoors,

but it most likely wasn't.

 

Column

Of course we can't go through all of Lon's photos 

of John Grimek without encountering a column.

 

Dramatic

I like the dramatic element in this pose.

 

Back and glutes

Our last Lon photo of Mr. Grimek shows off his back and glute muscles.

 

John Grimek Day, Part 2 - Strength and Health Covers

As you might expect, John Grimek made regular appearances on the covers of just about all the fitness and bodybuilding magazines of his era.  Today's part two features five of his Strength and Health covers, and that's not even all of them.  Future series will focus on other publications.  This issue from May of 1935 is the earliest John Grimek cover I could find.

 

June 1939

June 1939 saw an artistic reflection shot on the cover and an interesting question.

"Is sexual abstinence necessary for unmarried men?"  I don't know what 

Mr. Grimek would have said, but I don't recommend it.

 

December 1941

This cover came out in December of 1941, but was undoubtedly photographed 

and laid out earlier.  If they only know what was about to break loose.

 

October 1948

A very bronzed looking John Grimek appeared on the 

October, 1948 cover of Strength and Health.

 

At age 46

John Grimek was 46 when he appeared on Strength and Health in February, 1946.

I love the iconic scene and his finely maintained physique.

 

John Grimek Day, Part 3 - Assorted Photos

Part three of our John Grimek series features a variety of unattributed photos.

This one shows of his mighty muscles quite well.

 

"Defiance"

John Grimek did a series of published photos in which he portrayed

 heroic and Classical concepts.  This one was called Defiance.

 

Promotional

This is a promotional piece that Mr. Grimek did with Dich Buchtell.  I'm not sure 

if they were selling the devices, one of Mr. Grimek's courses or both.

 

1939 Superman

Superman magazine issued an art supplement in June of 1939, 

and John Grimek appeared in an impressive photo.

 

"Nudity'

This is another of the photos from the conceptual group by an unknown photographer.

For those of you hoping for nudity in today's series, this is the best we will do.

Interestingly, I have seen autographed prints of this one where 

Mr. Grimek signed his name across the derriere.

 

 

Nudists - Conventional Good Looks

Today we look at some nudist men with what I call "conventional good looks."

 

Flower Power

I would say this is a Summer of Love flower power episode, 

but our subject doesn't really look the type.

 

Medallion

Although I'm sure it's not what y'all are looking at, this guy displays

 that very popular 1960s men's accessory, the medallion.

His is more understated than most.

 

Profile

Sometimes full profile views are nice, and this is a good example.

 

Derriere

This is our only derrierre shot of the day, but I think it's a nice one.

 

Surprise treat

And here is our surprise treat of the day.  Those of you who have followed this blog for quite some time probably remember the search for the identity of a model we initially called "Brawny."  Well, we finalally found out that he was John Chapman . . . or at least that was the name he used to model.  The shot above comes from a photo spread about a fun loving group riding motorcycles on a beach.  I think it was a Wyngate & Bevins production, which would account for the physique model.

 

Dramatic

It seems like whenever I see this often photographed nudist, he is in some sort of dramatic pose or situation.  Was that just what he did, or did the photographer direct things?  Probably the latter.

 

Aviator

This guy was part of an expansive photo essay about three nudists who flew to a remote bush area 

for a day's adventure.  I believe our friend here was supposed to have been the pilot.