Bruce Bellas (86 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Antinous Press, 2008. Hardcover with pictorial boards housed in slipcase (and removable DVD attached to rear paste down - as issued). First Edition, First Printing. Unpaginated with numerous nearly full-page photographic images throughout showcasing the photographic work of Bruce Bellas. Informative contextualization by Vince Aletti. BOOK CONDITION: Fine; a solid, tight, clean copy in a Near Fine slipcase with a this 1 inch scrape to front panel. An icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in physique photography, Bruce Bellas is remembered today as a pioneer of beefcake. Beginning in the 1940s and continuing until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important figures in the world of physical culture; bodybuilders Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, and Brian Idol are just a few of the countless strapping males captured by Bellas' lens. The man who came to be known as Bruce of Los Angeles crafted a refined, masterful aesthetic of erotica, whose influence would later surface in the work of Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, and many others. Collected in Bruce of Los Inside/Outside are Bellas' rare photographs and films, as they have never been seen before. The two volumes, Inside and Outside, comprise over 100 full-color images, all masterfully restored from the original color negatives. This limited-edition set is contained in a unique slipcase, and includes a DVD of 12 digitally remastered films. Author Bruce Bellas (1909-1974) was born in Alliance, Nebraska and was a chemistry teacher before taking up photography. He set out on road trips through America's heartland, photographing farmhands, athletes, soldiers, and sailors along the way, and eventually made his way to California, where he began shooting bodybuilding contests all along the coast. As his career blossomed, he branched out into color work, 8mm films, and 3-D slides, and by the 1960s had succeeded in publishing his own magazine, The Male Figure. He died in 1974, leaving behind one of the most comprehensive photo archives of the time. Vince Aletti reviews photography exhibitions for The New Yorker's "Goings On About Town" section and writes a regular column about photo books for Photograph, as well as occasional features for publications including Aperture, Art + Auction, and others. He was the art editor of the Village Voice from 1994 to 2005, and the paper's photo critic for 20 years. He is the winner of the International Center of Photography's 2005 Infinity Award in writing. He has written essays for a number of art books, and has curated and co-curated shows at major galleries in New York and abroad. Aletti is currently at work on Male, a book of photographs from his collection.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover with dust-jacket in near fine condition. Dust-jacket has minimal wear to edges. Pages are clean and binding tight.

Magazine. 48p., 5x7.75 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size magazine with Bruce's b&w photographs, color centerfold, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs, worn at spinefold else good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 56p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 56p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., 5x7.75 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size magazine with Bruce's photographs, near fine in stapled color pictorial wraps. The brothers Latschkowski. Chinese American Fong. Mardi Gras 1961. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p. including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p. including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, profusely illustrated with Bruce's male physique photographs, a very good digest-sized magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs,very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., 5x7.75 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size magazine with Bruce's photographs, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., includes covers, 5.5x8.5 inches, profusely illustrated digest-size physique magazine with Bruce's b&w and color photographs, very good in stapled color pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Also "Powerful Negro Sam Pierre" (sic) Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p. including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, light stain at spine fold else very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, profusely illustrated with Bruce's male physique photographs, a very good digest-sized magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Cover story of photos of NOLA Mardis Gras 1960. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p. including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p. including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p., including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, profusely illustrated with Bruce's male physique photographs, a very good digest-sized magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Magazine. 48p. including covers, 5.25x7.5 inches, digest size magazine of physique photos by Bruce of LA, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. Bruce of LA's quarterly physique digest mostly illustrated with his photos and models but with a few other pros and amateurs as well and order forms included. Early issues were clearly marked with season and year but later issues left off the dates, identified only by volume number (in this case volume actually meant issue).

Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) was an icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in beefcake photography. From the 1940's until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important bodybuilders in the physical culture world: Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, Brian Idol, and others. 5 1/8"w x 7 1/2:"h. Approx. 48 pages. Light edge wear. We have multiple copies of this magazine, so the photo you see may not be the exact photo of the magazine, but is representative.

Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) was an icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in beefcake photography. From the 1940's until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important bodybuilders in the physical culture world: Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, Brian Idol, and others. 5 1/8"w x 7 1/2:"h. Approx. 48 pages. Light edge wear. We have multiple copies of this magazine, so the photo you see may not be the exact photo of the magazine, but is representative.

Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) was an icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in beefcake photography. From the 1940's until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important bodybuilders in the physical culture world: Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, Brian Idol, and others. 5 1/8"w x 7 1/2:"h. Approx. 48 pages. Light edge wear. We have multiple copies of this magazine, so the photo you see may not be the exact photo of the magazine, but is representative.

Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) was an icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in beefcake photography. From the 1940's until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important bodybuilders in the physical culture world: Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, Brian Idol, and others. 5 1/8"w x 7 1/2:"h. Approx. 48 pages. Light edge wear. We have multiple copies of this magazine, so the photo you see may not be the exact photo of the magazine, but is representative.

Staple Bound. Condition: Very Good. Bruce of Los Angeles (Bruce Bellas) was an icon of gay art and one of the most famous names in beefcake photography. From the 1940's until his death in 1974, Bellas photographed some of the most important bodybuilders in the physical culture world: Steve Reeves, Bob McCune, and George Eiferman, and models Joe Dallesandro, Mark Nixon, Brian Idol, and others. 5 1/8"w x 7 1/2:"h. Approx. 48 pages. Light edge wear. We have multiple copies of this magazine, so the photo you see may not be the exact photo of the magazine, but is representative.