Some reclining dudes.

 

Richard Kirchner.

 

Pinned.

 

Paul Belmont and Claude by Ferrero.

 

Ofuro/ onsen camaraderie.

 

Cooling off.

 

Braving the heat.

 

Marines in the desert.

 

In the cool of the evening.

 

Hot weather today.

 

Ice boxer.

 

Country boy.

 

Fightin Irish.

 

La Parisienne

 

Aww, c'mon in, man!

 

Good job, bro.

 

 

60's dude.

 

"Bugs" Deal by Frank Collier.

 

1930s - FRANK HILLGARDNER by LOU MELAN

Another early photographer was Lou Melan (?-?). He worked alongside photographers like Townsend and the Ritters, capturing models in the studio and outdoors. Two of the brothers who posed for Melan were the body-culturists Frank (1918-1996) and Bill Hillgardner (1915-2001). Some of his best work parallels any of the work from the Ritter Brothers. Melan was also a photographer for New York's Metropolitan Opera in the 1930s and '40s.

 

That's the long and short of it.

 

Unsheathed. (JackRenio)

 

Oiled up.

 

Close friends.

 

Guys with iPhones.

 

King David.

 

Pale skateboarder.

 

Naked Yoga.

 

photo by Terry Hastings.

 

Pete Shea - ID by Ricklane.

 

Wild One

 

60's guy with medallion.

 

Shane Robbins aka Shawn Robbing working on the bike at AMG.

 

Chuck Betz at AMG.