Kieth Lewen wrestles Harold Adducci

Kieth Lewin wrestles Harold Adducci for Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild, 1950s.

Western Photography Guild slides

Slides shot by Don Whitman for Western Photography Guild, scanned by CR3 staff. 1960s.

Mountain Men: the male photography of Don Whitman and Western Photography Guild.

Buck Youngblood poses nude for Western Photography Guild in the late 60s.

Junior Mr. Colorado 1960 Sherman Alsop photographed by Western Photography Guild with Dick Sobey.

Danny Alsop, brother of Sherman Alsop photographed by WPG in 1961.

Western Photography Guild promised “Men to Match the Mountains” in the 50s and 60s. Here’s a selection of their black and white photography.

Vintage 1950s posing strap wrestling from Bruce of LA and WPG

Western Photography Guild poster boy (and lover of the photographer Don Whitman) Pat Burnham.

WPG model Pat Burnham featured in various 1950s physique magazines