Raymond Voinquel
Raymond Voinquel (1912-1994) was a French photographer. He was a set photographer on several films by French directors, and he also worked at the Harcourt photography studio in Paris, known for photographing movie stars and celebrities. Between Harcourt and his photography on the movie sets, Voinquel is primarily known for his photographs of movie stars of the time. Above, a self-portrait in 1938.
But Voinquel also produced many male nude photos. Above, Etude d'Homme (Study of Man), 1940.
Torse de Michel Augue (Torso of Michel Augue), 1941. The photo is sometimes called Torso of Michelangelo, but I think that's due to a confusion of Augue with ange (angel).
Narcisse (Narcissus), 1947.
Narcisse (Narcissus), 1950.
Le Percheron (The Percheron). Percheron is a French breed of horse.
Reclining Male Nude, 1960s.
Homage à Rodin (Homage to Rodin), 1966.
Nu à la grappe de raisins (Naked with a bunch of grapes), undated.
We end with Le Sommeil (Sleep), 1952. Vintage Muscle Man ran some posts on Raymond Voinquel with the comment that almost all the photos were frontal views and he could only find one rear view photo (not this one) which was not very good. So, Jerry, this photo is for you!
6 comments:
Percherons are draft horses, not usually used for riding, so if he is telling the horse to go somewhere, the horse is probably ignoring him-Dee Exx
Very artistic, but satisfying in the sense that he did not seem th flinch from showing males as males. The photos are tasteful but not coy.
Now that is how a man bush should be, thick. So hot.
Art photographique de la forme masculine.
Raymond Voinquel, un fils de Vosges, sa photographie est de l’art. Ces photos montrent son appréciation de la beauté masculine et de la forme masculine.
Voinquel était surtout connue comme le portraitiste glamour du cinéma français, comme George Hurrell de Amérique.
Mon préféré est le bel homme nu à califourchoun sur le percheron, qui fait partie d’une série de photos. Et oui, les percherons ont été choisis car ce sont des chevaux dociles.
Merci beaucoup de nous présenter ces magnifiques portraits de physique nu masculin par Voinquel.
-Beau Mec
The last one is my favorite, of course!
He showed amazing sensitivity and openness as well as technical prowess. Great series.
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