Denny Denfield Day

Denny Denfield was one of the few physique photographers of his time who did frontal nudes, but never ran into legal problems.  The main reason was that he was an amateur who didn't commercially distribute his work.  Fortunately for us, he seems to have shared his work with at least one private collector who kept a well preserved scrapbook.  Photos from that collection have been turning up on vintage resale websites over the past nine months, and most of today's pictures are from that group of "new" photos. We start with a fellow pointing as he's framed by trees.

 

Sullen

As you will see, not all of Mr. Denfield's work was stunning.  While the somewhat sullen looking model is certainly well built, this image doesn't have the level of artistic elements we might expect.

 

Bryan B.

Bryan B. sent me this Denny Denfield photo which is not part of the scrapbook collection 

I mentioned earlier.  I love the composition and the model's all over tan.  This is 

as close as we will get to a derriere shot today because this photographer 

took what may be the smallest proportion of them known.

Thanks, Bryan!

 

Cropped

The company selling this photo on line had scanned it alongside another, unrelated photo, 

so I separated them.  I suppose they were trying to save time or money.

 

Pushing

Perhaps pushing up on the rock overhang was some sort of isometric execise method.

 

Glue

The online reseller said of this one, "Very good condition, but some glue residue on the back.  Not signed."  The lighting and composition are quite good, the pose typical for the time.

 

Early on?

There's no way to know, but I'm thinking this may be from early in Mr. Denfield's career.

 

From my collection

This one is from my original collection and not the recent scrapbook flurry.

It was labeled simply "Denfield California."

 

More glue

This is another one that came with that free provenance building glue on the back.

 

Golden Oldie

Finishing up with a picture that is a golden oldie in more ways than one.

It's one of the very first Denny Denfield photos I posted on this blog.

 

Trios

Today we do everything by threes, and our first trio looks like

they were cropped from a bigger Wyngate & Bevins photo.

 

Beefy

These beefy guys are enjoying a round of arm wrestling.

 

Swimmers

The two at left seem detached from the fellow about to dive in the lake.

 

AMG

These three are Don Hawksley, Juwa LaVonce, and Howard Heidtmann 

as photographed by Bob Mizer in 1961.  

 

Adolf Koch

These three are from Adolf Koch's 1929 book, the title of which

translates as Nudity, Body Culture, and Education.

The photographer was anonymous.

 

Bororo

These fishermen are Bororo people whose home is on the Brazil-Bolivia border.

According to recent reports, they have done better than most indigenous

folk of that region in terms of cultural preservation.

 

Jack Mitchel

Jack Mitchell took this picture of a scene from And Puppy Dog Tails, 

a popular gay themed 1969 Off Broadway play.

 

Very white

Here we see three young men showing their very white behinds on a footbridge.

 

1968

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Arm in Arm

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