Classic Male Nudes: GOLIATH wallpaper of fame #2 - Softcover

Walter Kundizicz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3936709610 ISBN 13: 9783936709612

Publisher: Goliath, 2011

Synopsis

Under the name Champion Studio, Walter Kundzicz (b. 1925) became one of last of the great pioneers of physique photography when he entered the field in the late 1950s. Unlike the earlier oiled-and-posed demigods who graced the pages of the popular magazines of the day (Strength and Health, Muscle Power, Tomorrowâ (TM)s Man, The Young Physique and similar publications), Championâ (TM)s handsome young models were a new breed. They were less often competitive bodybuilders and instead seemed more like the bad-boys-next-door that viewers secretly wanted to sneak a peak of in the locker room or fool around with under the bleachers. Kundziczâ (TM)s images were bold and iconoclastic in their use of costumes, uniforms, props and vivid color. These photographs became wildly popular with mail-order customers and collectors because they stood in stark contrast to most of the physique photography available at that time. While Champion was at its peak in the mid-1960s, Kundzicz launched and published his own magazines, including Big and Go Guys, expanding and strengthening the Champion brand. His ability to create and market these colorful, campy images of handsome young men assured him of a loyal fan base that continues to grow even today, a half century after most of his iconic images were created. In his color photos of nude and semi-nude athletic men of the 50s and 60s, Walter Kundzicz pushed the societal taboos of his time and skirted the fringes of legality. In his Champion Studios he portrayed his toned and scantily clad models in delicate and playful postures that not only lived out and performed common homoerotic fantasies, but also perfectly captured the rigid but changing sexual climate in North America between the Kinsey report and hippy free love. Today Kundzicz is considered one of the best photographers of his genre, with his prints becoming rare collectibles. "Classic Male Nudes," Issue Two of GOLIATH WALLPAPER OF FAME, is dedicated to Walter Kundziczâ (TM)s outstanding photographic work from this era, and includes a lifesized poster and nine XL-Posters, as well as an autobiographic text by Kundzicz himself. "Goliath Wallpaper of Fame" is a unique poster book collectible with large-scale prints of outstanding photographs, paintings or illsutrations from different artists or movements. Each issue includes interesting background information, for example, interviews and biographies, as well as nine XL- and one XXL-/lifesize poster.

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Review:

"Walter Kundzicz's work is outstanding! His boys are the most gorgeous beefcakes that ever walked the planet!" -- Gordon Leroy

About the Author:

Walter Kundzicz, born 1925, has been an Army Air Corps gunner, an architectural draftsman and â " under the studio names Champion, Take One, Master Physique and Treasure House of European Models (THEM) â " was one of the most prolific photographers of the male nude physique during the 1950s and 60s. He is now retired.

About this edition

• Publisher: Goliath
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 3936709610
• ISBN 13: 9783936709612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 44