Dave Martin is one of my favorite photographers from the golden era of physique work for a lot of reasons. One of those is that he not only identified more of his models than most of his peers, but he also identified their sports and other interests, mostly on hand written cards. The first half of today's Dave Martin double features shows some of his unidentified models, most of which are also thematic twofers. This young man perched on an end table should tick some boxes in the bush department. Mr. Martin is shown in the inset which was added by an unknown past collector.
If Dave Martin had put down "Mormon Elder" as his profession on his passport, he'd have got straight through customs - which only goes to show that one should never trust first impressions...
ReplyDeleteLOL! Yes, that would have worked for him.
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DeleteI don't know why Dave Martin apparently stopped doing male nudes around 1970, but at least two others were said to have quit because of the flood of cheaply produced and crass work that hit the markets after the judicial liberalization of the late 60s.
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DeleteI can't cite references at the moment, but I have also read that Mr. Martin was not friendly to the gay rights movement. I have come to conclude that he may have been in denial about his own sexuality, and he made a point of declaring his collection to be photos of heterosexual men and "not a gay archive."
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DeleteDave Martin looks like the no nonsense, serious type. That would make any jock more than willing to pose full nude for him, as proven by his success with a series of great looking physique models.
ReplyDeleteMartin reminds of a no nonsense professor I had in college who took a special interest in me, let’s just say he cultivated and guided me in many ways. I think Martin did the same for some of his physique models.
-CA jock