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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Mac Johnson


I wonder if Troy Saxon was inspired by Don Whitman of Western Photography Guild 
when he made this photo of Mac Johnson.  Color is pretty rare in Mr. Saxon's body of work.

 

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  1. Wow! Talk about an air of masculinity! Even though it isn't frontal, you know this is a MAN!

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  2. I have quite a number of colour photographs by Troy Saxon and so I'm surprised you say "rare". He surely did more colour work than many. Donnie Kay and Mac Johnson feature quite a lot in colour which makes me wonder if they were somehow his favourites. He certainly liked to shoot young muscle. And given that this was post-legalization being full frontal, Troy Saxon was working at the time when the homo-erotic was slowly but surely splitting from the bodybuilding world. He manages to capture both.

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    1. Saxon's work is indeed transitional, and my lack of color photos may just be a quirk of my collecting style.

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  3. Wow. This is rather special. Colour excellent and lifelike. Mr Johnson's pose perfectly integrated in the natural background. Superb lean physique.

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    1. All true for what is one of Mr. Saxon's more artistic efforts.

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  4. Wow is right! I like the rugged location, and Mac looks great in this photo.

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    1. This seems, alas, to be the only photo of Mr. Johnson that I have. Surely there must have been more made?

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    2. There were. I have three B/W shots of him. Let me know if you would like them.

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  5. Mac Johnsons fina tillgångar framhävs i detta vackra färgporträtt.
    Troy Saxon var skicklig på att fotografera utomhus som Oettinger och Whitman.
    -Baltijasmodes

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