F. L. Kennett, "Giacometti", original 1950s black and white modernist photograph

F. L. Kennett, "Mask", original 1950s black and white modernist photograph. Bears the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse. Frederick Leslie Kennett (1924-2012) was a Britis...

F. L. Kennett, "Lynn Chadwick", original 1960s black and white modernist photograph. Bears the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse. Frederick Leslie Kennett (1924-2012) was...

F. L. Kennett, "Parthenon Marble", original 1950s black and white modernist photograph. Bears the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse. Frederick Leslie Kennett (1924-2012) ...

F. L. Kennett, "Henry Moore", original 1950s black and white modernist photograph. Bears the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse. Frederick Leslie Kennett (1924-2012) was a...

F. L. Kennett, "Bryan Kneale, Head", original 1960s black and white modernist photograph. Bears the photographer's studio stamp on the reverse. Frederick Leslie Kennett (1924-2012...

Photograph executed and printed 1971, 1/1. This photograph is framed. Sir Roy Colin Strong is an English art historian and former director of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. PROVENANCE: The artist; Gifted to Roy Strong, 1987; Current owner. In 1971 the National Portrait Gallery gave space to a Welsh Arts Council Exhibition entitled 'Snap, Instant Image 1971', which was partly a manoeuvre by Roy Strong to cross portrait barriers that would have upset the Trustees if staged as a purely Gallery event. Bailey was the photographer, David Hockney the artist and Gerald Scarfe the cartoonist. Strong sat for Bailey attired as the photographer wanted. Bailey emerged as one of the photographers who visually defined Swinging London.

A gorgeous vintage 1950 photograph of a woman in a fashion photoshoot. The picture is framed a very fitting black frame that makes the picture classy. It looks great alone or in a se...

A gorgeous vintage 1950 photograph of a woman in a fashion photoshoot. The picture is framed a very fitting black frame that makes the picture classy. It looks great alone or in a se...

Contemporary black and white abstract photograph in a black rectangular frame.  

Vintage American gas station photograph, circa early 1950s A unique Southern gas station which features a converted railroad car as its office in the back...

A very rare original male nude by legendary photographer Douglas of Detroit. As most of his photos and negatives were destroyed by the police in Detroit, it is very hard to find orig...

From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, an iconic image done by Bruce in the studio with model posing on the iconic black and white floor, showing off his masculine back.. Printed in the 1960s and are all signed by the studio on verso when Mr. Bruce Bellas aka Bruce of LA was alive. Beautifully, professionally framed. Double white mat and simple black frame. All original photos are 8 x 10. Framed 16.50" W x 19" H. Please see other listings for more photographs from this collection available for sale for the 1st time. These listing photographs are very hard to shoot under glass. They are sharp, clear photographs printed the old fashioned way, by hand in the late 50s and early 60s. BIO: Bruce Harry Bellas (July 7, 1909 – July 1974) was an American photographer. He was influential in his work with male physiques and nudes. Bellas was well known under the pseudonym Bruce of Los Angeles. History and influence Bruce Harry Bellas was born in Alliance, Nebraska on July 7, 1909. He worked as a chemistry teacher there until 1947, when he began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles, California, beginning with taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, Bellas launched his own magazine, The Male Figure. Among physique photographers, Bellas' work was noted for having a distinctly campy, tongue-in-cheek sensibility. Bellas also produced a number of early homoerotic 8 mm films with titles such as Cowboy Washup and Big Gun for Hire. Bellas was known to travel around the country, finding new models to photograph and also personally delivering nude photographs to customers, since they were liable to be seized by postal inspectors if sent through the mail. An extensive archive of Bellas' nude male physique...