1940 VINTAGE SPARTAN Male Nude Duo BOB ROME Classic Bodybuilders Beefcake
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SALE 1940 VINTAGE SPARTAN Male Nude Duo BOB ROME Classic Bodybuilders Beefcake
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Dating from the late 1940s or early '50s, this vintage* male nude beefcake photograph by SPARTAN Studio of Hollywood features muscular, handsome, bodybuilder BOB ROME (left) in a beautifully lit studio pose with BOB JOHN. Bob Rome
Handsome bodybuilder Bob Rome posed regularly for several of the Beefcake photographers, including Ralph Kelly, Bob Mizer, Kovert, Spartan and Bruce of LA, and appeared often in the pages of classic physique magazines like Body Beautiful, Vim, Adonis, and Physique Pictorial. Spartan of Hollywood
Little is known of Constantine (or Konstantine), the photographer who called himself Spartan of Hollywood. A dance photographer, he was said to have studied under George Platt Lynes and Frederick Kovert. In Grecian Guild Studio Quarterly magazine number 5, Constantine described his process as follows: My taste is to photograph the male body in a studio where spotlights, props and complete control over the sources of light are at my command. Great care must be taken to reveal the particular muscular development of each individual physique to artistic advantage.... I have often been asked, "What is the secret of good physique photography?" The answer to that question is: There is none. It is a matter of posing and lighting and nothing more. Physique photography as such, has become somewhat formalized in many areas. However, the inventive lensman can, through a combination of inspired lighting and posing, create a study in which the face, torso, arms, legs and hands have definite pictorial significance.... My object as a photographer is to treat the beautifully formed male physique as superb pictorial material and to perpetuate via my camera the magnificent form which God has created in his own image.Condition
The 4-by-5-inch vintage borderless photograph is beautifully printed on heavy stock and is in very good condition. Quality and clarity are very good.The "BigKugels" watermark in the scan displayed here does not appear on the actual auction item. Read more.
As best as can be ensured with antique photography, any fully nude model is 18 years of age or older.Shipping Cost
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