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Wednesday, December 16, 2020


Alan Green appears here in one of several photos in today's series
that show just how good Don Whitman could be with studio lighting.

 

7 comments:

  1. Another model who isn't oiled. Was that a Whitman "trademark?"

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    1. He isn't known for using oil a lot, probably because it was losing fashion by the time his career was peaking.

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  2. Wow, great slight almost marble-like sheen on Alan's skin.

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  3. I've seen Alan pose with his brother who looks a lot like him. Outdoor mountain shots, but no frontal nudity. The two of them together were quite a pleasant surprise.

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    1. Yes, I've seen those, too, Greggy. Don Whitman did not publish frontal nudes until it was legal around 1968, so they almost certainly worked for him before then. That doesn't necessarily mean that he never took any, but they would have been rare.

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    2. If memory serves me, I don't think Don was ever arrested or prosecuted for his beautiful, artistic photos. I'm sure that he took a few before 1968 but never made them public. You know there are bodybuilders who had no problems with frontal nudes of themselves to keep for their own enjoyment. Don would have made sure those were one-offs that would never make it into circulation.

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    3. Yes, my understanding is the same as yours on all points. No arrests, but likely some private nudes that he never published. He was known to be an honorable man, with well documented mutual respect between himself and his models.

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