Scott Masters

Tom Darrin looks serious in this Scott Masters photo.

 

What's his name . . .

Scott Masters took this 1969 photo of Brian Norton aka Don Landrum aka Don Kennedy.

I have a feeling that none of those might have been his real name.

 

Scott Masters, Second Series

I've located some more photos by Scott Masters, who is better known for his work in gay porn movies than for his stills.  Many, but not all, of today's shots are from Action Line magazine in 1969-70.  The cover man was Dan Roberts, and I have more to say about those phone numbers later.

 

Rick

There is no hint of a last name for Rick, a Scott Masters model

of whom I have about half a dozen additional photos.

 

Bob Parkinson

I cropped this picture of Bob Parkinson from a montage,

the remainder of which I will post in a later series.

 

Jim Jon

Note the phone number under the picture above.  Action Line magazine included numbers for nearly all the models, but it wasn't clear exactly what calling the number would get you.  The name of the publication probably says it all, and we have to wonder how well that went over with the authorities.  The model here is only known as Jim Jon, sometimes Jim John, and he appears above without the large chest tattoo we see below.  He must have spent the money for the modeling session on tattoos.

 

Tony Ligon

Scott Masters published photos of this model under the names Tony Ligon and Danny Pike.

 

"Con?"

Listed in the text as "Con" with no last name, this model was published under the names Don Landrum, Don Kennedy, and Brian Norton.  Why they used none of those above is beyond me. 

 

Don

Don was the only name given for this model in Action Line magazine,

but my research indicates that he might have gone by Don Tracy.

 

Tom Darrin

This serious looking fellow is Tom Darrin, sometimes spelled Darren.

 

Dave Shawn

I'm ending the Scott Masters series as we began, with a mirror shot.

This time the model is a happy looking Dave Shawn.

 

Scott Masters used some party decorations in this 1969 picture of Tony Ligon, aka Danny Pike.

 

Scott Masters took this photo of Dave Greer.

 

Scott Masters, a "new" photographer in my world

Scott Masters is best known as a producer and director of feature length gay porn movies for such studios as Nova, Catalina, and Studio 2000, for which he still works today as a consultant.  

He got his start, however, in the late 60's doing gay magazines.  I recently came across 

his work when I was putting together a collection of images for a set on defunct 

gay porn  mags, but I decided that I had to give him his own series.  We start with 

Tom Darren (sometimes spelled Darrin) who looks quite fetching in this Masters photo.

Scott Masters took this photo of Dave Shawn that ought to please some of you in the Bum Brigade.

Dave Greer appeared on the cover of Young Lions.

This photo of Dan Roberts is from an unidentified Masters one-off magazine from 1970.  

In the period of 1969-1971, Masters (along with a lot of other photographers) 

did a number of such quickie publications that disappeared almost instantly.

This Scott Masters model from 1969 was billed in magazines at various times as Brian Norton, Don Landrum, and Don Kennedy, none of which were probably his real name.