Jay and Jed Johnson

These two are twins Jay and Jed Johnson.  In 1968 they got on a train from California to Montreal, but were thrown off in Buffalo because the conductor thought they were draft dodgers fleeing to Canada.  They went to New York instead where they became messengers for Western Union.  Jed dropped off a telegram at Andy Warhol's studio, and was hired as a janitor on the spot.  Before long, the two were part of Warhol's entourage, many of whom were photographed by Scavullo.

 

Andy Warhol Variety Day

Andy Warhol's male nude photos are quite varied, and today we'll look at just part of the range.

We start with an unknown model in a bathtub.  Surprisingly few of Warhol's models are named, and Google Images was no help with this one and a couple of others in today's set.

 

1986

I find this 1986 Andy Warhol photo of an unnamed model to be quite good.

It is for sale, but the ad says "Inquire about Price."

 

Cover Man

This is the cover of a 2005 retrospective book of Warhol's late nudes.

 

Victor Hugo

This is Victor Hugo from 1982.  I think he appears again later in this set.

 

1977

A while back I did a Warhol series featuring images which were each a set of four identical male nude photos.  This looks like it was done at the same time, only with six instead of four.

 

Bodybuilder 1982

I found this labeled "Bodybuilder 1982," and I initially thought it might be one of Warhol's 

better quality Polaroids.  Turns out to be a gelatin silver print that sold for U$20,000.

 

Basquiat

Andy Warhol took this photo of Jean-Michel Basquiat around 1982.

 

Flag

I can't tell if that's an actual flag or a large beach towel that looks like one.

The model looks like Victor Hugo.

 

England 1986

The last photo in our Warhol series was taken in an English garden in 1986.

The model looks like he's thinking of jumping in the shallow pond.

 

Warhol

This Andy Warhol model has thick hair on his head and somewhere else.

 

Ten by Warhol

I finally got around to sorting out (and in some cases cleaning up) some hastily taken and finished contact sheets by Andy Warhol.  The story goes that at least some of these were Polaroids of model tryouts, and that makes sense.  I'm posting 10 different models, and if they look familiar, it might be because they were famous for fifteen minutes.  We start with a somewhat indignant looking guy.

 

Smug

This smug looking fellow seems to say "I know what you want, and I"ve got it."

Big Dude will no doubt find the shadow enticing.

 

Man of steel

We get a "man of steel" pose from behind in this one.

 

Can't decide

I can't decide if this guy is about to pounce, is cornered, or doing 

some sort of sports exercise.  On top of that, he looks familiar.

 

A bit devilish

I like the devilish look of this model.

 

Had to pick one

Since the format of today's series allowed only one shot of each model, I had a hard time

 picking one of this model who appears beefier and slightly older than the others.  

You'll know what I mean when I get around to posting more of his images.

 

Expression

I hope Andy Warhol made further use of this model.  Not only does he look great,

 but he seems capable of some interesting facial expressions.

 

Hint

We get just the hint of a smile from this attractive young man.

Sometimes the simplest poses can be quite effective.

 

Flawed, but nice

For all its obvious technical flaws, I really like this photo of a man 

pulling up his socks.  Or is he pulling them off?

Disclosure:  I used a brightening filter on the very dark original.