Troy Saxon Day

Troy Saxon, aka Stuart "Pinky" Rosenberg, posed semi-nude while on a spring break trip 

to California around 1960 and ended up becoming quite a formidable photographer himself.  

Today I am featuring 10 Troy Saxon photos, starting with this one of himself.

 

Doug Felton

Kansas City college athlete Doug Felton is one of my favorite Troy Saxon models.

 

Frank Ball

A Midwestern creek was the setting for this photo of Frank Ball.

 

Jim York

Jim York's facial expression here is just this side of a scowl.

 

Bob Foxx

This photo of Bob Foxx was used on a 1962 magazine cover.

 

Rusty Steele

No Troy Saxon series would be complete without a shot of Rusty Steele.

Here we see him partially wrapped in a fish net.

 

Donnie Kay

Donnie Kay(e) posed numberous times for Troy Saxon,

and I recently found this woodland photo of him.

 

Jim Lindsay

Jim Lindsay (or Lindsey) was sometimes referred to 

as "Sarge" in Troy Saxon's published work.

 

Joey Singer

Troy Saxon took this photo of Joey Singer for a DSI publication.

 

Paul Upton

We close with Paul Upton and a photo where the somewhat harsh lighting works well.

 

Roy Blakey

Roy Blakey is our photographer today, and we start with a model in a pose Mr. Blakey used a number of times.  He did, however, change it up to various degrees every time he shot it.  In this case, 

one arm is brought in close to the cheek, and the hips are slightly tilted to one side.

 

Unique pose

In contrast to the first photo of the set, the pose here seems rather unique.

 

The look

This is a good photo all around, but I especially like 

how the model is looking right into our eyes.

 

Demure

Although the pose is on the demure side, Mr. Blakey's 

photographic skills are on full display here.

 

Skating Inspired

If we didn't already know it, this pose might be clue that Roy Blakey 

spent decades in the ice skating extravaganza business.

 

Cropped

Although this one is heavily cropped, it is an another example 

of Mr. Blakey's sweeping dance and skating inspired poses.

 

Nice recliner

I think this is one of the better reclining shots I've posted recently.

 

Double

We get double over the shoulder looks from these two.

 

Spaniel memories

This guy's expression reminds me of a fine spaniel we had when I was a child.

 

Lighting

Closing the Roy Blakey series with an example of some fine lighting and fine buns.

 

Bearded Academic Drawings

Our theme today is 19th C. academic drawings, and we start with one my source 

described as by F. Diem.  A work by the same artist will appear later today.

 

Aurelio Blasco

Aurelio Blasco drew this one in 1866.

 

Unfinished

This one looks unfinished.

 

Lawton Parker

This one is by American artist Lawton Parker, 1868-1954.

 

Possible repeat

I may have posted this item by an unknown before, but it's worth another look.

 

Lanky

This drawing of a lanky model came with no information at all.

 

Diem, F. II

Here's another drawing tagged "Diem, F."  The signature seems to say that,

but multiple googles produced no artist by that name.

 

Rodin

This poorly preserved drawing is said to be by Rodin.

It is a sketch for one of his bronzes?

 

Stocky

I like the stocky model in this work by an unknown artist.

 

Signed

This one has a signature, but my source didn't name 

the artist, and I can't make it out.  Anyone?

 

Coal and whitewash

I thought this one had an artist's name attached, but it was 

a German description that mentioned coal and whitewash.

 

Unknown with shadow image

Our final drawing is by yet another unknown artist

and has a parallel unfinished image at right.