Beach Day

Today we go to the beach with photos ranging from slick professional to very amateur.

I place this one at the pro end of the spectrum.

 

Keith Vaughan

British artist Keith Vaughan took this photo in 1938 while 

on an excursion to Pagham Beach with a group of young men.

 

Amateur

An amateur photographer took this snapshot of a man emerging from the sea.

 

Tom Quinn

Falcon Studio took this photo of model and porn star Tom Quinn.

 

Hmmmm . . .

At first glance, I thought the piece of driftwood sticking out of the sand to the left of this guy's knee 

was a severed human foot.  I've got to stop watching so many horror movies.

 

Not Germans

Imagine my surprise when my research revealed that these were not Germans,

but Boston men enjoying the beach near the L Street Bath House.

 

Two extremes

We get opposite ends of the dressing spectrum in this photo.

 

Baskers

Basking in the sun is fun, but bad for the skin without sunscreen.

 

1970s

This is from a 1970s nudist magazine.

 

Breeze

This fellow looks like he may be enjoying the sea breeze.

 

Quartet

Here we have an attractive quartet.

 

Tom Wayne

I just did a search and learned that this photo for which I 

previously had no information is Tom Wayne by Bruce of LA.

 

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.

 

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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.