For the next three days, I'll be posting sets from some of the most popular themes.
Our first group is lanky men. It was only fairly recently that I began separating
out the lanky models, but they have quickly become fan favorites. Like most
of today's models, this handsome fellow is unknown, to me at least.
Photo by Ralph Kelly, but I've never been able to identify the model.
ReplyDeleteIt does look like Kelly's style. I wish I had more photos of this guy.
DeleteAside from the novelty of the full frontal photograph post legalization, I am quite sure a model with this build would find it hard to find much work today. As male erotic photography - later to become the full blown pornographic - gradually hived off from the world of bodybuilding, the male erotic went through a spell of featuring quite lean and lithe models. The Aids crisis changed modelling - nude and clothed - for good. As the female models got thinner and thinner, the male models had to put on muscle and bulk so as not to look ill.
ReplyDeleteWe do not have bumper stickers in Britain - apart from Evangelical Christians and their fishes, so we can see that they drive as deviously as they evangelize - but we do put the occasional humouristic sticker on the back window - "Wind Surfers Do It Standing Up" is one such I remember. But I also recall my father going ballistic when my brother drove his Mini home with "Forget Oxfam - Feed Twiggy" on the back window.
We can add another reason for the heftier male (and some female) models today. So many Americans are overweight that they find it hard to identify with skinny models.
DeleteI don't see him as being too skinny. No, he's not Arnold d Schwarzenegger, but he's not malnourished looking. I like the lightly oiled look.
ReplyDeleteA classic swimmer's build is what I see. -Rj/IE
DeleteMy possibly idiosyncratic definition of lanky is based mainly on long legs and arms, but I have to say that the effect is way less pronounced when the guys are on the beefier side.
DeleteWell, this guy is also "lanky" where a guy wants to be lanky, n'est-ce pas?
DeleteI get your inference, and I agree.
DeleteHe is a very nice looking fellow, and has a nice penis.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Gerald. This nice looking fellow could also have made it into today's low hangers series. Very impressive package.
DeletePeter
He has a corresponding fellow in the low hangers series who looks lanky as well.
DeleteI'm lovin the comments here as much as the model. Twiggy. Fat Americans. Ha!
ReplyDeleteI keep telling people to read the comments. Some of the best content is there!
DeleteLanky and Hung is such a wonderful combination!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it seems to work for a lot of us.
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