New acquisitions! This one is quite nice and shows Bob Mizer's mother's glass image as the background. Richard is quite handsome at 21!
Really great facial expressions and poses. Love the posing strap!
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Bruce of Los Angeles - The Private File(s)
The legendary Bruce of Los Angeles Private File. I've now obtained all 3 editions! I've read that he was a bit paranoid about The Private File and would personally deliver them in the beginning.
The Private File, First Edition, Second Edition and Third Edition
by Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas)
$25 - PDF version (All 3)
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Friday, May 3, 2024
The Naked Heartland by Bruce of Los Angeles
I just bought a copy of the hard to find Bruce Bellas book, The Naked Heartland, published by Janssen Verlag in 2001. It's a lovely book! I was pleasantly surprised by how innocent but lovely and playful the black and white images are. I believe they were taken mostly in the 1930's, though they could have been from the 1960's because they have a timeless quality to them. One chapter is called Hotel Nebraska, another Back to the Coast. Lots of outdoor shots as well as some more intimate hotel bedroom photos. Here are a few tamer pictures.
Out in the woods. Can you feel him almost staring through you?
Posed and reflecting, but those arms convey shyness and a sense of exposure.
Inside and posing in some interesting underwear. More casual feeling and the double shadows in the back make it more than just a young man exposed to a camera.
The Naked Heartland: The Itinerant Photography of Bruce of Los Angeles
Publisher : Janssen Verlag (January 1, 2001)
Language : English, German
ISBN-10 : 3925443886
ISBN-13 : 978-3925443886
$10 for a PDF
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Physique Photography (1950)
Hal Stephens wrote this booklet for Ironman Magazine. It's a rare publication - most likely tossed away by people over the years, rather than saved. It actually contains good, basic tips on analog photography, lighting and posing a model. Stephens even posed himself for one photo and relied on another model and shows his poses for examples. Throughout, there are images from photographers associated with Ironman Magazine. Published in 1950, this really is a treasure of posing strap and physical modeling.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Scanned Out of Print Books - In Search of Young Beauty; Twelve: a Day in the Life of a Boy
Another set of obscure photography books. Controversial and still held by libraries across the US. Very hard to find otherwise. These titles were also owned by Michael Jackson, and were indicated on a list of items that were taken from Neverland Ranch.
In Search of Young Beauty, (220 pages)
by Charles Du Bois Hodges
New York: A. S. Barnes and Co., 1964
OCLC: 1722739
$15 - PDF version
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Twelve: a Day in the Life of a Boy, a Photography Essay, (158 pages)
by Frederick Secord and Georges St. Martin
New York: Book Adventures, 1966
$35 - PDF version
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Friday, September 22, 2023
American Photography of the Male Nude Series - Complete, all 7 Volumes!
Good news! I've managed to scan all seven volumes into PDFs, full color and complete!
American Photography of the Male Nude 1940 - 1970, Volume 1: Bruce of Los Angeles
ISBN: 3925443533; 9783925443534
Published by Janssen, 1995
ISBN: 3925443614; 9783925443619
Published by Janssen, 2000
ISBN: 3925443673; 9783925443671
Published by Janssen, 1996
American Photography of the Male Nude 1940 - 1970, Volume 4: Douglas of Detroit
Published by Janssen, 1997
| ISBN: 3925443770; 9783925443770 |
American Photography of the Male Nude 1940 - 1970, Volume 5: Pat Milo
ISBN: 3925443851; 9783925443855
Published by Janssen, 1998
American Photography of the Male Nude 1940 - 1970, Volume 6: Al Urban
ISBN: 0958431485; 9780958431484
Published by Janssen, 2001
American Photography of the Male Nude 1940 - 1970, Volume 7: Bob Mizer
ISBN: 1919901256; 9781919901251
Published by Janssen, 2007
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