Showing posts with label Gerhard Riebicke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerhard Riebicke. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2026

Gerhard Riebicke Day

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Gerhard Riebicke was one of the best interwar German photographers of nudes, both male and female.  For our purposes, of course,we will focu...
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Balls

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Riebicke took a lot of pictures of men doing various things with balls. You'll see several more photos of the sort today.  
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Exercising?

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Not that it matters, but I'm guessing this is some sort of exercise.  
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Shower

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I found this Riebicke photo of an older man showering last December.  
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Quintet

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Here we have five young men working out with cannonballs. Disclosure:  I removed yellowing from this one.  
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Riebicke and FKK

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I may have posted this one in an FKK set a while back, but I just found out it is both by Riebick and FKK.  
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"New" Version

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I published a slightly different version of the photo a few years ago, but I like the "new" one I recently found better because it...
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Wrestlers

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This is my favorite of the day.  
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Standing

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Although technically not the best of Riebicke, I like this standing male.  
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Jump!

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Ending the set with a man jumping, hopefully for joy.  
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Riebicke?

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Our last 1951 photo from a German magazine matches a location and the style used by Gerhard Riebicke, but my source did list a photographer....
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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Gerhard Riebicke Mix

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Today we take another look at the work of Gerhard Riebicke, one of my favorite  German photographers.  We start with a young man leaning aga...
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A different sort

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I included this one because it shows a different sort of artistry from Herr Riebicke's usual focus on athleticism. The man, the shadows,...
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Jump!

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The sheer verticality of this photo makes me think it was cropped from a larger image.  
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1927

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In 1927 there were practically no restrictions on artistic presentation of male frontal nudity in Germany, but for some reason, Herr Riebick...

1931

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This wrestling photo from a 1931 magazine is my favorite of the day by far. The aesthetics more than overcome the print media shortcomings. ...
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Early work

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The vintage resale website where I found this dated it as 1930s, but the loincloth the athlete is wearing looks earlier than that.  Herr Rie...
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Not what you think

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Much of Riebicke's work was documentary in nature, and this is an image from a series he did on a lifeguard training course.  The grin o...

Floral

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I ran a different photo of the same model in front of the same bank of flowers a few months ago, but I came across this one in a different p...
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Proud and Confident

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This German swimmer looks proud and confident, and I think the suit insignia is pre-Nazi.  
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