Upward look

I have neither a date nor a title for this interesting photo.

 

The Sunbather

Here we see The Sunbather from 1966.

 

Cottontail

This is Cottontail Me from 1985.

 

In the Pines

Mr. Higgs photographed himself In the Pines in 1966.

 

In My Garden

This one is called In My Garden, and it's my favorite of the day.

 

1979

Over the years, J. Wayne Higgs took a number of self

 portraits with women, and this one is from 1979.

 

Undated

This undated photo looks like it's from the 1980s.

 

Clenched fists

Mr. Higgs has his fists clenched in an item from 1965

which was published in a book.

 

Flandrin Inspired

Although shot at an oblique angle, I'm pretty sure our last 

J. Wayne Higgs photo was inspired by Flandrin.

 

Troy Saxon Day

Troy Saxon, aka Stuart "Pinky" Rosenberg, was based in Kansas City, Missouri for most of his photography career.  Today we look at 10 of his photos starting with John Birmingham.

 

Billy the Kid Moffitt

Although it doesn't say so in this magazine blurb, Billy Moffitt was marketed as "Billy the Kid."

 

Rusty Steele

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Bob Foxx

One of the magazines where Bob Foxx appeared seemed fixated on the double x spelling,

but that picture wasn't as good at this one.  And this one ain't great.

 

Richard Parsons

My source identified this model as Richard Parsons, and dated the photo at 1967.

 

Troy Himself

Here we see a shot of Troy Saxon himself, but I'm not sure if this is a selfie or by another photographer.  Stuart "Pinky" Rosenberg was discovered by a California photographer while on a spring break trip around 1959, and it was shortly decided that Troy Saxon was a better commercial name.  Not too long after that, Pinky was behind the camera himself and doing quite well at it.

 

Jimmy South

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Tom Hawes

Troy Saxon's models have a higher proportion of identified men than 

most photographers of his era, but this handsome fellow is unknown.

Edited to add:  Viewer vintage fan 1952 correctly identified

this model as Tom Hawes in the comments.  Thanks!

 

Jim Lindsay

Brian E sent me this double view of Jim Lindsay, aka Jim Lindsey, aka Sarge.  Thanks, Brian!

 

Donnie Kay

Closing the series with Donnie Kay and an impish grin.

 

Thomas Eakins Day

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Circle of Eakins

Over the years I've posted a number of photos attributed to "Circle of Eakins."  Curators are not in agreement as to just how involved Thomas Eakins was in this group of over a dozen photos, 

but it is certain that he heavily influenced them whether he took them all or not.  

Here we see a sort of modified conga line in the studio.

 

J. Laurie Wallace and Friend

I think that's J. Wallace Laurie on the right with an unknown fellow student.

 

Tug of War

Thomas Eakins frequently took his students on outings where they engaged 

in various activities nude.  The photo above shows detail from a tug of war.

 

Jesse Godley

Above we have a fairly standard Thomas Eakins panel of assorted poses by student Jesse Godley.  Below, we have a Marey Wheel image by Mr. Eakins of Mr. Godley walking.  I've mentioned in previous series that Thomas Eakins and Muybridge knew each other and collaborated to a limited extent on motion studies.  This is an example of shared methodology with that other pioneer of moving pictures, Frenchman Jules Marey.

 

Three male nudes

This is another of those "circle of Thomas Eakins" attributions, and a quite interesting one.  

We get a nice arrangement of a trio of nude student models, plus there

 are at least four clothed men looking on in the background.

 

Swimming Hole

This photo study for The Swimming Hole painting is quite different 

from the one closest to the final version, but it's still worth a look.

 

Platform

I don't know what the purpose of the platform was originally, but Thomas Eakins and his students 

used it on one of their outings to make three photos, two of which I previously posted.

 

Beach

I've posted at least one different pose of these two men on a beach, but I especially like this one 

because we can actually see chest hair (and a happy trail) in a 19th C. photo, something rare.

 

Charles Bregler

Finishing with an Eakins photo of Charles Bregler, a student who went on to a moderately successful career as a portraitist, but is best known for having collected a large body of Thomas Eakins' work, journals, and notes.  The collection is now at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  The photo above is a likely reference to Flandrin, and below we see Mr. Bregler in his studio, 1895.