1950s VINTAGE SPARTAN Male Nude STEVE REEVES Bodybuilder Title MUSCLE Beefcake

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1950s VINTAGE SPARTAN Male Nude STEVE REEVES Bodybuilder Title MUSCLE Beefcake
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This classic vintage male beefcake photograph by SPARTAN STUDIOS dates from the 1940s and features the muscular, and world renowned bodybuilder STEVE REEVES in a handsome, early, classic studio pose.
Steve Reeves
Reeves
' bodybuilding titles include Mr. Pacific Coast of 1946, Mr. Western America of 1947, Mr. America of 1947, Mr. World of 1948, and Mr. Universe of 1950. Reeves' film career began with the film
Jail Bait
in 1954, and continued with several Hercules films through the 1950s and '60s, including:
Hercules
(1959),
Goliath and the Barbarians
(1959),
Hercules Unchained
(1960),
Thief of Baghdad
(1961),
Duel of the Titans
(1963) and
A Long Ride from Hell
(1969). He is one of the most photographed and beloved bodybuilders of the 20th Century.
At his peak Reeves stood 6'1" tall and weighed 213 pounds. Best measurements included shoulder breath 23½", neck 18½", chest 52", waist 29", hips 38", biceps 18½", forearms 14¾", wrists 7¼" thighs 26", calves 18½", ankles 9¼".
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.
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The approximately4-by-5-inch vintage borderless photograph is beautifully printed on heavy stock and is in very good condition. Quality and clarity are very good.
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