Charles Kassapian
Charles Kassapian, photos by Arax of Paris. 1950s.
Category: 1950s
Posing Strap physique photography of the 1950s
Gian Carlo Zampetti
John Barrington met Gian-Carlo Zampetti in the south of France in 1958, many intimate photos ensued across the affair which lasted until 1962.
Stray John Barrington
Short series and unknown models by John Barrington in the 50s and 60s.
Lyle Frisbee
Mentor and business partner of Pat Milo, Lyle Frisbee went to prison in 1957 for publishing male nudes before it was legalized. Though he only served a year’s time, in that time he contracted a fatal case of Leukemia from which he died in 1958. In that time his business partner (and some would say life partner) went to college to take photography courses, initially so that he could continue to print Lyles old works.
Vic Siepke and Jim Park by Cliff Oettenger
Vic Siepke and friends photographed by Cliff Oettenger, featuring Don Van Fleetern (above) and Jim Park below.
Beresford Morris
Black bodybuilder Beresford Morris poses for John Barrington in England in the late 50s.
John Barrington: Studio as Character
John Barrington is known for leaving lights and equipment in his shot as a commentary on the process of photography with the lights arranged visually as compositional elements.
More Bill Melby by WPG
Don Whitman just couldn’t get enough of Bill Melby and neither can we.