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Friday, December 17, 2021

Extra oil and extra tan, please.


This 1940 French photo is heavy on the oil and suntan.
It does show off his back muscles nicely, though.

 

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  1. He must have been slathered with sun tan lotion! Could there have been some body make up involved?

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    1. Body make-up would have been available at the time, but if it was used, it seems to have been applied less to his behind.

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  2. Remember that in the 30's and 40's there were B&W films which were red insensitive; the grey tones related to the colors were not as we are used now.

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  3. Une pose classique avec le disc et le poseur a un bronzage incroyable.
    In France sous l'Occupation, les Allemands des expositions d'artpronant l'ideal aryen. Cette photo en faisait peut-etre partie. Le photographe m'est inconnu, peut-etre allemand.


    Gentilhomme a Paris

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    1. I didn't know that such photos might be Nazi propaganda. It does look a bit like some of Leni Riefenstahl's work.

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