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Sunday, January 10, 2021


Denny Denfield appears to have used a piece of a ruined dock or pier in this amazing 
photo of an amazing model.  Mr. Denfield's interest in the male form is said to have 
originated when he observed fellow service men swimming nude in the South Pacific 
during his World War II military service.  He lived a quite and unassuming life with his 
divorced mother, first at 4015 Folsom St. in San Francisco and later in Marin County.  
FWIW, there was a "male boarder" living with them on the 1940 census.

 

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  1. Striking model and pose. The relaxed atmosphere it creates makes the whole photo that much more compelling.

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    1. The more I look at this one, the more I like it. It's becoming a personal favorite, and I never saw it before Bryan sent it to me a few weeks ago.

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  2. Folsom St.! Some things are just destiny, I suppose.

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    1. Indeed. That was probably an interesting neighborhood, even back then.

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  3. I agree, he is an amazing model in a striking pose. As he's featured in this series I'm assuming he wasn't a regular model for photographers? He's certainly the real deal.

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    1. I haven't seen him anywhere else, and Denfield was known to recruit "off the cuff" with flattery and beer.

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