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Monday, July 15, 2024

Bodybuilders - Part 6

Christian Ferrand

Christian Ferrand won the Mr. France contest in the junior class in 1962.  He won third place in the junior class in the European contest Mr. Apollo in 1963.  The photo above may have been from the Mr. Apollo contest.  It was captioned "Christian Ferrand de Nice - Plus bel Apollon de France et d'Europe 1963" ("Christian Ferrand from Nice - Most handsome Apollo of France and of Europe 1963").  Note that although Apollon literally means Apollo, in French it also means a handsome young man, better translated as Adonis.

French physique photographer Jean Ferraro took many nude photos of Christian Ferrand.  All the remaining photos in this post are by Jean Ferraro.

Pulling on a rope.

A nice rear view.

Resting against a tree.

A classic pose.

A semi-modest reclining pose.

And a more revealing reclining pose.  (Note: I removed yellowing from the photo.)  The most handsome Adonis indeed!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now THIS is an unashamed (and very handsome) male. Gloriously photographed, too. I notice he has a bit of chest hair, to boot. A real nice post! Big Dude

Anonymous said...

A handsome man. Love that awesome, thick, dark bush.

SickoRicko said...

Very handsome man.

Anonymous said...

That bush tho

Anonymous said...

Bel homme Ferrand
Jean Ferraro est un légende de la photographie physique en France.
La Riviera et les Calanques lui servaient de décor pour exhiber les plus beaux physiques d’Europe. Son atelier a Nice est aujourd’hui une galerie d’art. :)