They sound beautiful and serve as a tangible experience you can’t have with online photos.įor more information go to the website, and for a great interview with Andy, go to the Bob Mizer Foundation blog. A rarity these days.Īsk him about the metallic prints. From its first steps out of sports and into entertainment, the squared circle has pulled from a multitude of theatre traditions, from soap opera to vaudeville. The prints are available on eBay at very reasonable prices, and if you don’t see what you want, you can call him and ask him. The tough team of Ron Dupree and Chris Colt a tag team in the ring, and real-life partners outside of it. He has kept in touch with as many of the Denver bodybuilders as he can and notes their passing on the company's Facebook and Twitter pages. We spoke with the very friendly Andy Dimler and he recounted the early days of helping his uncle in the studio and darkroom. Although models are no longer photographed, high-quality prints and photo sets are still produced. Today, Western Photography Guild is operated by Don Whitman's family - Don's nephew Andy Dimler and his daughter Myra, assisted by Don's niece Elisa Townsend. This created a showcase for physical culture in the Rocky Mountain region. Colorado Body Building Contest, along with Lester Workman and Phil Dewald, in the early 1950s. Hard and sweaty, rough tough and hardball man-on-man sex One minute they are sparring and wrestling like they always do with each other every week, the next. Don was also one of the original founders of the Mr. It was established in 1947 by photographer Don Whitman. Western Photography Guild is a physique photography studio in Denver.
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In fact, the founder's nephew is still printing from the original negatives. Western Photography Guild is a family business. #TBT: A Trove of Physique Memorabilia for Collectors (Photos) Based on the bone workin’ in the one guys singlette they may have just finished. See more of WPG's fantastic photos on our previous gallery: I’m not quite sure if these guys are getting ready to wrestle or they’ve just finished. Perhaps it was for the purity of the sport, perhaps it was for the assembled audience, either way, no one goes away unstimulated. God save us from that! But this is the way the Greeks did it in ancient times.
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Think of the possibilities: sudden cardiovascular congestion in the pouch area, unintended stimulation by the strap string in the fundamental area, sudden face-to-face action with a very full pouch sprouting with pubic hair from its bursting sides and top. These perfect examples by Don Whitman with the Western Photography Guild (read the story of WPG below) capture the excitement and tension of a couple of maybe straight, maybe gay, maybe even mixed (!) guys, all oiled up in the warm sunshine trying to get a good hold on each other. There was a time in the middle of the last century when photos of men wrestling in posing straps was about as stimulating an image as a gay man could find, legally.