Bryan B's Arax Photos

Today I will be posting ten photos by Arax of Paris generously sent to me by viewer Bryan B.

Most of today's models are unknown, despite multiple searches.  More on that later. 

We start with an unknown model in a pose that is a pure Arax classic.

Thank you, Bryan!

 

Jean Millet I

I've posted several other photos of Jean Millet in the past, and Bryan's contribution 

included this and one other "new" picture that will appear later today.   

 

Fending off

The model in this one seems to be fending off an attacker.

 

Castanet photo

This is another example of what I call the "playing the castanets pose."

They generally seem to do it standing up, however.

 

Posing strap

Here is an example of what feels like creeping censorship on the Google Images search function.  

This benign posing strap photo produced the "This search can't be processed due to content 

guidelines" notice.  The same thing has been showing up on derriere shots and even photos 

of men in trunks.  I don't know if Google has gone prudish since they made a deal with 

the devil Trump, or if their AI scanners are so shoddy they can't tell the difference.  

Either way, I hope I don't find myself looking for a new blogging platform soon. 

Meanwhile, I'd really like to see more of this model.

Jean Millet II

As promised, here is another picture of Jean Millet, with a staff this time.

 

Honore

I came up with a single name, Honore, for this model.

 

Modified Thinker

This unknown model gives us a different take on Rodin's The Thinker.

 

Pierre Fallais

I was able to identify this dramatically posed model as Pierre Fallais.

 

Almost had a name

I thought I had found a name for our final Arax model, but it 

turned out to be another guy in exactly the same pose.  

Again, many thanks to Bryan B for today's images.

 

Roy Blakey

I sometimes refer to Roy Blakey (1930-2024) as "the other photographer named Roy," but that doesn't really give him credit for his amazing talent.  He took up photography after a career as a skater for Holiday on Ice, and he did some amazing work.  Today we look at ten more of his photos.

 

George Payne

Roy Blakey took some memorable photos of George Payne,

and this one appeared in Mandate.

 

Tim Scott

I find this photo of Tim Scott to be artistic.

 

Come hither

We get a come hither look from this borderline twink.

 

Over the shoulder

I love the over the shoulder look from this blond model.

 

Dancers?

Roy Blakey was well known for his photographs of dancers, 

and I suspect this is one, although my source did not say.

 

'Fro

This model has a classic 70s Afro hairstyle.

 

Light

The garish glare of the light put me off this photo for a moment,

but the more I look at it, the more I like it.  The model is unknown to me.

 

One of them is Tim Scott

One of these men is Tim Scott, but I have no idea which.

 

Mike August

We get a modified statuesque look in this shot of Mike August.

 

And now for something completely different . . .

I'm ending our Roy Blakey set with something I discovered while putting together a recent

 series on Honcho magazine.  Imagine my surprise, but then it was done for Honcho.

 

19th Century, Part 1 - Nudes

Today we visit the 19th Century with a two part series.  Part one is all nudes, starting 

with this 1850 American photo whose owner bought an expensive frame for it.  

Note the hand coloring on the model's cheeks and one less expected location.  

I suspect this was made for a gentleman with certain specific interests.

 

Albert Londe

This is one of Albert Londe's 1890s scientific study photos.

 

Stereopticon

This is one of those stereopticon double images used to produce a 3-D effect, and I really wish I had a way to see it that way.  When trying to find info on this, I found the modified version below.

 

Hermann Heid

This photo is attributed by a European university library to Hermann Heid.  I've seen the same model in some photos by Louis Igout, but such personnel overlaps are not at all unheard of.

 

Unknown

I found this on a European website in a group of 19th C. photos,

but no photographer's name was given.

 

Alfred Le Petit

Closing out part one with a selfie by Alfred Le Petit from about 1860.

 

19th Century, Part 2 - Working Men

Part two of our 19th Century set features working men, starting with these two bellboys from an Inverness, Scotland hotel.  I think I would have been calling for room service all night.

 

Fishermen

Here we have two fishermen and their dog.

 

Mechanic

Here we have a mechanic sitting on the ground.

 

Lumberjacks

Although they don't meet the Monty Python stereotype, these are late 19th C. lumberjacks.

The guy at rights look a bit out of place, but I'm sure he was popular after dark.

 

Plumbers

These three handsome fellows were plumbers.

 

Moose, but no squirrel

This is either from the 1896 Yukon gold rush or shortly thereafter, so I'm assuming that the man on the moose was a miner or prospector.  (Yes, moose were actually used as pack animals and for transport.)  Bullwinkle never looked that good, and I would really like to pet them both.

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