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Monday, August 8, 2022

Al Urban Day, Part 1 - Known Models


Today we have a double feature of Al Urban images, known and unknown.  This guy not only starts part one, but is also said to have started Al Urban's career photographing and clandestinely distributing male frontal nudes.  That's David Asnis who was a men's fashion model when he suggested that Mr. Urban take his work photographing bodybuilders a step or three farther.

 

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  1. I like the sharp light/dark contrast here. Mr. A's low hangers are nicely highlighted but I've seen shots where his penis looked bigger. Maybe the studio was chilly? And what a body! Whew!

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    1. Mr. Asnis was part of the reason Bob Mizer said, "Al Urban has made a good living many years photographing men with the smallest penises in America." That's a bit of hyperbole, but when I do "small ones" series, guess whose work shows up over and over? My opinion is that Urban was going for great bodies, and penis size just didn't matter much to him.

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  2. Well David Asnis had a great body so you can see why Al Urban would be happy to photograph him regardless of any size considerations - which I'm guessing is probably more of a modern issue anyway. Mr. Asnis looks superbly confident and comfortable posing nude. It sounds as though we have a lot to thank him for if he persuaded Al Urban to start taking nude photographs of bodybuilders.

    Peter

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    1. Yes, Mr. Asnis deserves a lot of credit and thanks both for his fearless modeling and his influence on Al Urban's career. That goes even farther when we consider the profound changes that came about when Urban's work became known. Bob Mizer may have made a bit of fun of him, but Mizer's work was influenced by Urban without question.

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  3. I'm sure that Mr. Asnis made.a great fashion model too. Handsome and with a superb body, I'd be (almost) as happy to see him in his fashion shoot photos as well.

    Peter

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    1. Peter, I have searched and searched for David Asnis' fashion photos to no avail. The only clothed pictures of him I have found are in his WWII uniform and in trunks for an exercise piece in a bodybuilding magazine.

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  4. i don't judge penis size, every guy got their own blessings. I just like the result of this pic, really a masterpiece because the lighting makes all his body features showed up

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