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From the Golden Age of Trade 12
From: xychromo
12 years ago
16,265
03:21
97% (67 votes)
Categories: Muscle-Videos
This posing clip by DOUG WILLIAMS (shot by AMG's Bob Mizer) predates the Warren Frederick footage just posted by tinkmmv & bigjeff, but all three clips suggest how rarely, relatively speaking, black muscle figured in the covertly erotic "physique" mags of the mid-XXth century. (Blacks had a greater presence in mainstream Wieder/Hoffman BB publications, where the pix weren't aimed at gay viewers--at least not officially--and reportage reflected the growing ranks of successful black competitors.) In the AMG clip, Williams is notable, quite apart from his splendid looks, for a sly inclusion of irony and boldly parodistic gesture in an otherwise standard posing routine. He was a very special sort of sex object (in photos or in person) and he knew it! So did Bob, whose high regard for what he persisted in calling "fine Negroe [sic] athletes"(this, in 1974!) led him to work with far more of them than any other photographer of the day. They included some of his favorite models: Robert Coney, Walter Leon Gibson, Jeffrey Willis, Gerald Oglesby, Joe Austin, Bobby Gordon, & Chris Dickerson (whom he delighted in referring to by his true first name--Henri.)









musclebawdy 5 years ago
Great vintage clip. Back then most guys were posing in minimal pouches and this guy is fully nude. And he even shows his butthole. Awesome!
bfurryman 10 years ago
The man has a magnificent body!! And, as BeefBod wrote, he "knows how to show it off!"
Anonymous 10 years ago
Good
BeefBod 12 years ago
I like when he switches from the standard classic bodybuilder poses to getting down and showing his asshole. This guy knows how to show it off!
prettythugbruh 12 years ago
@shelgr3 negro describes the color of our skin. the more PC term is African American because it reflects ethnicity rather than skin color.
xychromo 12 years ago
There's an ongoing argument about whether that perfectly proper word could now be thought "offensive,' For some, and in certain contexts, it apparently is. By 1974 it already sounded distinctly 'quaint,' and its use often implied the speaker wanted to turn the clock back to the pre-civil-rights era. But while Bob was merely being old-fashioned, his use of 'Negroe' was a flat-out misspelling of 'Negro.' That's all I meant.
shelgr3 12 years ago
There's absolutely nothing wrong with the word "Negro" (plural = "Negroes"), either in 1974 or now.
phreddie 12 years ago
Confidential to Mjolesko: Well, I guess things HAVE changed, then, and quite a lot, in the 60 years since that bit of gay erotica (the Colbert photo) was shot. Now let's see: homely (UNcheck), ill-groomed (uncheck), big dick (uncheck) ANY dick (uncheck). Maybe this is another reason why that era is thought of as the Golden Age.
xychromo 12 years ago
No doubt about it, mjolesko. But just look at who's turning out that junk--third rate video outfits owned and/or operated by men of color! In the best physique-oriented sites (MuscleHunks et al) superior black men are reasonably well represented--just as idealized as whites, and on their own terms, not made to conform to WASP conventions.
mjolesko 12 years ago
Interesting perspective on the progress of sexual fetishism, Xychromo. Yet things have not changed that much where gay erotica is concerned. The bulk of porn stars promoted as "desirable" and "sexy" remain the WASP ideal. Blacks on film (or DVD) remain a narrow niche market, predominantly known for big dicks attached to homely, ill groomed men.