Edmund Teske

For the longest time, I didn't have a photographer for this one, but just today it turned up on Google Images Search as by Edmund Teske from 1962.  I decided to leave it in this set anyway, and yes, I know there's a female in there.  I'm not about to crop her out, either.

 

Edmund Teske

A photo by Edmund Teske, 1911-1996, (self portrait above) appeared in yesterday's Getty Museum set,

and it provoked some research and today's series dedicated to him.  The son of Polish immigrants, he grew up in the Chicago area and became a talented and innovative photographer.

 

Richard Soakup

Richard Soakup is the model in this 1940 photo where Teske used an overlay technique

 to produce that effect.  I wonder how long it was before this could be shown publicly 

because it certainly wouldn't have been legal in 1940, overlay or no overlay.

 

1942

It was 1942 when Edmund Teske made this composite image of a nude model with overlays.

 

1953

Edmund Teske took this photo in Topanga Canyon in 1953.

 

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

The subject of this excellent portrait is folk singer and songwriter Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

The year was 1958, and the USA was in the early stages of a folk music revival.

 

Topanga Canyon

In the second of several photos made in Topanga Canyon in today's series we see a model moving throug a meadow with an enigmatic foot or sock on some sort of structure.  My source said the year was 1960, but the bearded, somewhat long haired model would have been rare at the time.

Edited to add:  The model is George Herms, and the date closer to 1965.

 

Marc Rambeau

Marc Rambeau is the model in this 1962 photo where the varied textures 

of a ruined house contrast with the models body.  I find it exceptional.

 

Male Nude with Wrenches

Our second Teske photo from 1962 shows his return to his method of using interesting overlays to create effects.  This time the model looks like he's floating in a huge flooded tool chest.

 

George Herms

This photo of George Herms was taken at Topanga Canyon, California in 1965.

 

Big Sur

It was 1967 when Edmund Teske took this photo of an unknown 

(to me, anyway) model in a mineral bath at Big Sur.

 

Jim Morrison

Our last Edmund Teske photo of the day is a 1969 rendition of Jim Morrison 

at Cripple Creek, Colorado with an old barn superimposed over it.  I love it.