Showing posts with label Zaro Rossi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zaro Rossi. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Zaro Rossi

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Zaro Rossi was widely photographed back in the day for obvious reasons.  
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Saturday, January 1, 2022

Zaro

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This image of Zaro Rossi is the first of two in today's series where subtlety takes  precedence over dramatic contrast.  There's a m...
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Thursday, October 7, 2021

Zaro for Mike P.

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I immediately thought of Mike P. in New Jersey when I found this Dave Martin photo of Zaro Rossi with a chain.  Mike is a big fan of Zaro . ...
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Friday, March 26, 2021

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I made this composite to show how there could be three versions of any given George Quaintance painting.  He almost always drew or painted h...

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In addition to the fact that this is a typically good George Quaintance painting, Lake Apache has two interesting features.  First, the blon...

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This whole series got instigated when Mike P.'s request for a Zaro Rossi day let me down a path to Quaintance.  So it's only appropr...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Mike P.'s Favorite - Zaro Rossi

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Loyal blog follower and Italian-American, Mike P., suggested I do a feature on another  Italian-American, Zaro Rossi, 1934-2005.  After serv...
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Zaro made the cover of Vim Magazine at some point.  Photographer is unknown.  

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This may be my favorite photo of Zaro Rossi, and it's by Dave Martin.   The lighting and pose are both excellent.  

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I'm posting this photo from the Joshua Tree National Monument despite the poor focus in hope that someone can identify the photographer ...
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It took me a while to figure out that streak at the left of this photo, but I think it is a crease in a book or magazine that got into the s...

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Although he was a fine studio photographer, it was outdoors where Dave Martin made his mark.   I really like both the composition and lighti...
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Dave Martin posed Mr. Rossi in a somewhat unconventional,  but effective, manner in this very good studio shot.  

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Zaro Rossi is well documented to have posed for gay artist and entrepreneur George Quaintance.  In fact there is a lingering story that Zaro...

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It's not hard at all to see the direct "translation" of the photo in the  preceding image of this series into this Quaintance ...

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This well oiled nude of Zaro Rossi is attributed by some experts  to George Quaintance and listed by others as "unknown."  
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This is another George Quaintance art work widely believed to have used Zaro Rossi as a  model.  It is a good example of how Quaintance did ...