Archery

Instead of shooting off fireworks for the Fourth of July, 

let's do arrows instead. We start with a pair of nudists.

 

Tan Line

This guy seems to be tanned only from the waist up,

something I've heard called "ditch digger tan."

 

Guy Madison

Here we have a publicity still of actor Guy Madison.

 

George Barbier

George Barbier painted The Archer in 1914.

 

Geometry

I almost used this one in my last geometry set,

but I decided to save it for archery instead.

Some fine arcs and angles here.

 

Josep Masana

It was 1930 when Josep Masana took this photo of an unknown model.

 

Real nudists?

I'm not sure if these guys are real nudists or Wyngate & Bevins fake nudists.

 

Achilles

Giuseppi Guizzardi painted Achilles the Archer in 1807.

 

Tom Knoll

I posted this John Graham of London photo of Tom Knott 

in my first ever archery series about six years ago.

 

Parting shot

And last, but not least, we have a parting shot.

 

Tony Patrioli

Tony Patrioli (1941-2017) was an Italian photographer who took up male nude photography after being inspired by Von Gloeden.  In fact, I erroneously posted one of his photos as a Von Gloeden about six years ago.  Above is a picture that also seems of that ilk.  Mr. Patrioli is best known for his nude and seminude photos of young men, many of which we might call twinks.  Unlike Von Gloeden,

he does not appear to have used under age models.

 

Architectural

The architectural element is this one frames the model nicely.

 

In the bushes

 

Many of you would love to meet these two coming out of the bushes.

Composition

This is one of several photos in today's series that have

what I consider to be excellent composition.

 

Beach or stream?

I can't tell if this one was taken at a rocky beach or in a mountain stream.

 

More Von Gloeden

Here's another one that looks inspired by Von Gloeden.

 

More Color

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Bark texture

The branches and texture of the bark are nice in this one.

 

Egyptian Lamp

The Egyption themed lamp is an interesting composition element,

but that's probably not what most of you are looking at.

 

Tiziano Sossi

This handsome fellow is Tiziano Sossi, an Italian actor, film maker, and biographer of poets who posed for Tony Patrioli for these portraits around 1992.  I know it is past my 1985 cutoff for vintage, but I don't think anyone will complain.  Mr. Patrioli knew how to photograph more than twinks.

 

Desert Dudes Day, Part 1 - Bob Mizer of AMG

Today we have a two parter featuring men in the desert.  Part one is AMG, and part two is by Bruce of LA.  Above we see Bob Mizer's photo of Forrester Milliard and Jim Miller.

 

Ed Fury

I found this AMG photo of Ed Fury in a dry stream bed over on Men From Back Then.

I would put in a link, but the site has sadly been inactive since January 12.

 

Massed Group

Although I can't make them out, Brian Idol, Jack Renio, and Jim Horn are supposed to be in the group shot.  I suspect that this was a co-production with Wyngate & Bevins, but I'm not positive.

 

Gene Eberle

Bob Mizer of AMG did a memorable photo shoot with Gene Eberle

posed on a rock outcrop somewhere in the California desert.

 

Monte Hanson and Unknown

Finishing the AMG segment with Monte Hanson (right) and an unknown.

 

Desert Dudes, Part 2 - Bruce of Los Angeles

We start part two with two unknowns (to me anyway) by Bruce.

 

Unknown

The model is unknown for this Bruce photo

with a dead tree and a ruin.

 

Jerry Debry

Bruce took this photo on a 1950s trip to Utah, and the model 

is Jerry Debry, a recent Mr. Utah winner.

 

Foster Brother

I think this is one of the Foster brothers, Charles and Lewis, 

but I'm not really sure which one.

 

Phil Knight

Our last entry in the Bruce section is the always impressive Phil Knight.