Bruce Bellas (71 results)

Magazine. First Edition. 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. First Edition. 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. First Edition. 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. First Edition. 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. First Edition. 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. First Edition. 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 rubbed 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).

Softcover. Condition: Fine in color pictorial wraps. 8vo., 54 pp. including color covers. With black and white and color photos throughout. Bellas began photographing bodybuilders in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, ,taking pictures of bodybuilding competitions. In 1956, 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 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 photographs exists today, largely intact. His impact on physique photography is largely felt and recognized, and the works of Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, and Bruce Weber are widely considered to be influenced by Bellas' pioneering style. In 1990, the Wessel O'Connor Gallery in New York and the Jan Kesner Gallery in Los Angeles both exhibited a wide array of Bellas' work, furthering modern recognition of his impact.

Magazine. First Edition. 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, 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. First Edition. 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. First Edition. 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. First Edition. 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).

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.

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. Date not shown; 1958 - 1962. We have multiple copies of this magazine, so the photo you see may not be the exact photo of the magazine, but is representative. Keywords: Physique Photography, Muscle mag, Bruce Bellas, Bruce of Los Angeles, Physical culture, Athletic Model Guild, Physique Pictorial, Beefcake, Homoerotic, Gay, Body Builders, Homosexual, Queer, Athletes, Male Nudes, Tom of Finland, Muscles, Studs, Sixties, Bob Mizer.