v-m-p vintage male physique

Roy was Mr. America in 1951, but had no qualms about posing nude -- and 56 years later we are still grateful for that! Roy had an off-kilte...

...a few more, as I can't attach more than 5 pics to a post -- and because there are just so damn many of 'em!! :-) [2 lads enactin...

Sailors have been the source of many a gay man's fantasy for thousands of years (Jason and the Argonauts, anyone?) The "real thing...

Alonzo Hanagan was a New York-based photographer who specialized in nudes in the 40s and 50s. He was a prolific photographer for the mainst...

Walter K. often photographed his men in skimpy, and/or sheer briefs, but here's the ever-popular Rock Granger at work in just his Jockey...

Pat Milo really liked using this square format for his photos.

Bob Mizer kept quite a few posing straps on hand for his models' use during his 45 years of business, but it looks like this nameless y...

No info on this one, but it has the hallmarks of a 30s photo meant for the artist-in-training circuit...

Once it became legal to publish a completely nude male figure (c. 1966-1968) and the posing straps fell away, the need to couch erotic male ...

A couple of unidentified models from the studio of Palatinus... **Update 2/6/10** This is long overdue, but to set the record "st...

John Palatinus was a New York-based photographer of the 50s and 60s -- and I wish I knew more than that about him! He did straightforward s...

Douglas Juleff is best known for taking nude studies of his models -- at a time when a jail sentence was almost a certainty if (when) a phot...

A classic college jock from the lens of Walter Kundzicz.

A classic clean-cut young man from the lens of Bob Mizer's AMG studio, circa early 50s.

Beautiful studio shot -- interesting how the lower half of the body is faded out -- intentionally?

I rediscovered this photo in my files the other day and fell in love (again). This looks like a mainstream musclemag photo, but who is he? ...