Sean Patrick and friends by Mel Roberts

One more by Mel...

Sean Patrick (seated with his leg stretched out) is probably Mel's most famous model, one of the great uber-twinks of the 60's! (Sorry, no ID on the other fellows.)

Mel's house was set over his garage -- the front door was to the right of the garage with a flight of stairs leading to the living room. The door had a glass window, so you could look up the stairway from the outside. The day I visited him, he had a nude portrait of Sean in a lightbox that was set right at the top of the stairway -- all I could think was, "What a jolt this must give the mailman!"

Keith Clayton by Mel Roberts

I recently learned that Mel Roberts passed away in the fall of 2007. I had the pleasure of talking to him at his home in Beverly Hills for a couple of hours back in 2005. A real gentleman and great storyteller, it was an honor to meet him.



Update June 25, 2009 My thanks to Phil for color-correcting these photos -- much more realistic, now! Good job, buddy!

John Manning by Pat Milo

Joe Kronsberg by WPG

big n' beefy bodybuilder by Bruce!

Bob Brooks by Bob Anthony

Joe Napolie by AMG

Oh, darn it, just found this one -- can't wait, so one more... For all you armpit aficionados!

Now I mean it -- time for bed!

Joe Napolie in all his glory

Most likely by Pat Milo.

Hope you liked this set, fellas! Good night!

Cherokee as we wished to know him...

Cherokee (aka Everett Lee Jackson) was a major physique star -- he didn't mind dropping trou for the leading photographers, but getting him to grab himself must have been a pretty big coup (possibly by Milo?).

I'd be smiling too...

Lifeguards by Etienne

Etienne's artwork in the 60s was sold through the mail as photo sets, just like every other physique photo. The sets tended to tell a short story in 6 parts. Here's a single piece -- I find it a quite wonderful painting!

clean-cut hunk

blond sailor buddy

Hale and hearty -- or is that hard-y? ;-) The blurriness to the photo attests to it being a copy print (or copy of a copy) but even so, I know this made someone very happy every time they whipped it out...

New visitors to the blog are still leaving "Yes, more!" messages to my first "naughty" post -- the entry that has received the most vocal attention. Well, let's see what I can find in the next few minutes...

one more by Joe Weber

...just because he's so spectacular!

(Sorry these aren't any larger, guys!)

muscular nude by Joe Weber

...and then there's this this hunky young guy, in a full-on nude 8x10, that only hit $22.82. Go figure!

classic studio shot by Joe Weber

Looking through eBay, it is interesting to see the prices that some photos get (and don't get). One dealer has been selling a huge selection of photos by Joe Weber over the last few months, usually starting them at around $3.00 a pop. This one, an 8x10, topped out at $124.50.

classic study

Jim Grant by AMG

For Maciste --

Is this the Jim Grant you're looking for? If so, I'm sorry to say this is the only photo I have of him, from "Physique Pictorial" circa 1956.

Thank you, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick --

For 5 frakkin' amazing years!

Keith Stephan by AMG

One of the great, bulky musclemen of the early 50s who split their time between the competition stage and the physique camera (and Keith had no problem revealing all...).