Earle Forbes (1897-1970) was born in Canada, but moved to New York as a young man to seek a career in the art world.  He joined Ted Shawn's troupe of all male dancers in the 1920's 

and started photographing the group as a hobby.  Before long, he was active in the 

emerging world of 1930's physique photography.  So today is Earle Forbes day, 

and we start with this 1938 photo of the Ted Shawn Dancers.