bruce bellas (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Wasserschaden / Verschmutzung; Leichte Risse. large book.

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 48 pages. Small format male physique pictorial paperback magazine. Texts in English. Very minimal shelfwear to the edges. But essentially a crisp, tight, bright and sharp condition. Dozens of very attractive nude (as seen from rear) and in posing straps, posed in athletic poses ostensibly for the benefit of art students. Each model is identified in the carefully posed black and white image. A vestige of a dark age of gay history when so many men were labeled and prosecuted as pornographers for sending images of sensual and seductive nearly naked men through the male to their oftentimes very closeted customers across the country. Book.

kart. Zustand: Gut. [102] S. : überwiegend Ill. ; 27 cm orig.-verpackt 9783924163655 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Volume thirty-six. Los Angeles : Bruce of Los Angeles, 1966. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp 54, with photographic illustrations. Fine, uncirculated copy. The thirty-sixth volume of a beefcake magazine first published in 1956, dedicated to the male figure by renowned photographer Bruce Bellas, who published under the name Bruce of Los Angeles. Bruce's distinctive skill in styling his models with classical poses and dramatic lighting would influence later photographers such as Robert Mapplethorpe and Bruce Weber.

Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. ca. mid-1970s. A complete run of trade catalogs featuring nude male models from Kensington Road Studio. Bound in publisher's illustrated stapled wraps, printed in black and white. Near Fine with light wear, light tanning and several pen marks to availability form at rears. Kurt Deitrick worked with Bruce of Los Angeles until Bruce's death. He started Kensington Studio in 1974 and sold Bruce's photos a short while after. Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 - July 1974) who became well-known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles, was an American photographer who was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. In 1947, he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. He also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films.

Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. ca. 1970. First edition, first and only printings of Volumes 1, 2 and 3, which are erroneously labeled on their front covers here as first, second and third editions. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Contains images of male nudes printed in black and white. Near Fine with light general wear, light creasing, light tanning and light foxing. Several pen-marks to available order list at rear, perhaps as issued. Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 - July 1974) who became well-known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles, was an American photographer who was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. In 1947, he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. He also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films.