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Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Nudist Magazine Model


Darryl Powers was said to have been flattered when Walter Kundzicz of Champion studio recruited him as a model, but hesitant to pose nude.  He got over that quickly enough, though.  A lot of his early work appears in "legimate" nudist magazines of the mid-1960s, and that's where this photo comes from.  Those publications were a dodge for the obscenity laws and postal regulations because the courts had ruled that male frontal nudity was legal in that format but not in exclusively beefcake ones.  (It was also noteworthy that females were often included for additional legal cover.)  There are conflicting indications as to whether Champion and Darryl had legal problems.  Calorman's research found a reference to at least one case, but no less an authority than the Bob Mizer Foundation says that all of Kundzicz's legal problems were in relation to his New York based work.  In any case, it would have been very rare for a model to have been actually prosecuted.

 

8 comments:

  1. Ooops... I seem to be having trouble posting today on this side of the pond. That got garbled and should read: Did they do that hair in lilac?

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    1. Here is Calorman's intended original comment:

      "I have always thought that Darryl Powers'/Lance Ponton's prolific output reflected the fact that his build was very harmonious, to satisfy both the bodybuilding world and that of emerging gay porn, which was for the most part merely "homoerotic" before the two finally went their separate ways. He appealed to both a gay and straight public without frightening off the straight lads who were using nudist publications for stroke books.

      Did they do that hair come lilac?"

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  2. I love this photo. The colours are so vibrant and it looks so joyous. At first I wondered if this was Darryl Powers' wife but I'm thinking she was probably a model.

    Calorman makes some interesting points about Mr. Powers appeal to different groups of males.

    Peter

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    1. I wondered the same thing about the wife. As you might expect, I frequently troll the vintage nudist websites for material, but I generally scroll over the female only photos. I wouldn't be surprised if she isn't there somewhere.

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  3. I think this is my favourite photo from this series, perhaps along with the Darryl Powers/Buddy Reagan photo below, for the simple reason that Darryl’s physique is absolutely amazing.

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