100th Denny Denfield post

Jack Beltoya

Duke Cannon

Gene Eberle

Andy Kozak

Ward Lee 

Stamped by Denfield, but seen in Mizer's ZF13 catalogue

Duke Cannon by Denfield

Duke Cannon by Mizer

ZA 11

More Beach Week

Duke Cannon

Duke Cannon

Denny and AMG

Bob Mizer’s original conception for Athletic Model Guild was as a photographers’ cooperative, although little enough remains: I have only encountered one associated photographer (Harlan Helm, about whom Mizer wrote admiringly, and who participated in the very first AMG album). 

There was another, though, one hiding in plain sight. Denny Denfield is often credited as a tagalong photographer, one covering the same shoots as Bob Mizer — the models sometimes naked rather than minimally dressed — but I have come across a couple of Denfield scenes with Mizer models, both of which appear in AMG catalogues.

The earlier one published is in Duke Cannon’s ZA13 catalogue. It is listed there as ZA 84.

The other, from the same session, appears in the first duals catalogue published as such. It is numbered ZF 67.

So the association was real, and at least two Denny Denfields were openly offered for sale (as AMG, but still!).

Models with props 4

Duke Cannon

Duke Cannon

Duke Cannon at the beach 2

Duke Cannon at the beach 1

Lighting Test: Duke Cannon 1

More first impressions

John Murphy

All but one of these early appearances are in variety albums, meaning Mizer chose a more formal mode of introduction. The exception is in Gene Meyer and Pepper Gomez’s V catalogue, where the well-known bodybuilder Malcolm Brenner tussles with Meyer.

Malcolm Brenner and Gene Meyer

Ben Sorensen

Duke Cannon

Dick Findley

More AMG IDs

Continuing my review of the early AMG albums and catalogues, following the list published in AMG Bulletin 54:

M, Variety

N, Variety

O, Ken Rashoff

P, Andy Kozak

Q, Variety

R, Forrester Millard

S, Howard Olsen

T, Variety

U, Andy Kozak and Larry Farrell

V, Gene Meyer and Pepper Gomez

W, John Murphy

X, Variety

Y, Arnold Klein and Mel Klein

Z, Ben Sorensen and Andy Kozak 

ZA, Duke Cannon

ZB, Forrester Millard and Andy Kozak

Continued here