Vintage Military - Part 80

 Egypt, World War I

In 1914, when the Ottoman Empire joined the German side in World War I, Britain declared Egypt a British protectorate and took control of the government, partly to protect the Suez Canal, and partly to use Egypt as a staging ground for troops that were then used against the Ottoman Empire.

So there were a lot of troops in Egypt from Britain and former British colonies such as Australia and New Zealand.

Above, troops showering in Egypt in 1914-1915.

The photo above was labeled "Two soldiers using a meagre amount of water to have a bath."

Soldiers cleaning themselves during the Senussi campaign, 1915-1916, which was fought against German-backed rebels on the northern coast of Egypt.

The troops didn't just clean themselves.  Here Australian soldiers are washing their camels at Bir El Burj, Sinai.

The Wellington Mounted Rifles swimming their horses in the Suez Canal.

Troops were allowed to go swimming in mass events called bathing parades.  This is a bathing parade of New Zealand troops in the Bitter Lakes, Ismailia, Egypt, in 1914-1915.

Another view of that bathing parade in the Bitter Lakes.

Australian troops sea bathing at Dabaa, Egypt.

New Zealand soldiers at another bathing parade in Egypt, 1915-1916.

Australian soldiers bathing in a lake in Egypt in 1916.

This 1918 photo was labeled "Yeomanry at El Arish, Egypt, bathing at a well."  Although the word "yeomanry" calls up visions of medieval Britain, the Yeomanry Cavalry was the mounted component of the British Volunteer Corps.

Delousing the officers of the 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment at El Amara, Egypt in September, 1916.  At right is commanding officer Colonel T. J. Dodd.

We end with this scene of clothed officers being carried to a ship by naked troops.

Sausage Day 2025

National Sausage Day

Did you know that October is National Sausage Month, and today is National Sausage Day?

Why not celebrate by barbecuing some sausage?

You can buy this BBQ accessory for grilling hot dogs or sausages.

Or perhaps you like this guy's sausage better.

Or you could make pigs in a blanket.  It looks like the cooking has achieved consummation.

What to go with all that sausage?  Here's a waffle maker for those with an appetite for a certain shape.

And for dessert, we end with this treat made from Belgian chocolate.

Olympic Photos by Paul Richer - Part 7

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Performers - Part 75

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Photographers - Part 75

César Saldivar

César Saldivar, above, is a Mexican photographer born in 1965.

He made a name for himself photographing Spanish and Mexican actors, such as Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, above.

But he has a thing for naked males.  His 2002 book (above) Luz Natural: El Desnudo y El Cine Espanol (Natural Light: The Nude and Spanish Cinema) contains naked photos of Spanish and Mexican actors.  Not Antonio Banderas, but plenty of other actors were willing to be photographed naked.

Above, a photo of Spanish actor Enrique Alcides in the book Luz Natural.

Another actor in the book.  Some of my readers identified him as Spanish actor Tristán Ulloa.

In 2004, Saldivar's interest in naked men became even clearer with his book Juegos de luces: Cien pollas en blanco y negro (Playing with Light: 100 Cocks in Black and White).

Some cock photos from that book.

Another cock shot from that book.

His 2006 book Refljos Masculinos (Masculine Reflections) ...

contains photos like the one above.

And Saldivar has produced many photos that are not in a book.  Above, Ibiza Mill.

We end with a 2017 color photo that has also been widely reproduced in black-and-white, called Guerrero de la montaña (Mountain Warrior).  Note the white stripe that runs right down the subject's penis, almost like camouflage.