Arnold Klein by Lyle Frisby circa 1956. I think you posted another photo of Arnold Klein where he was Nude by Lyle Frisby with the same seating prop back on April 27, 2023.
Photoplay is correct. I can not believe both Photographers used the same type of covered prop for the same model. I guess all of Frisby's photos were Nude and Mizer used a Posing Pouch.
I think the props — a library of mid-century choices — reflect gestures at good taste as well as the sort of furnishings to be found in older artworks.
One other thing that must be mentioned is that Lyle first started working at AMG, and it's possible he shot some of his earliest models right there in the AMG studio. Mizer was incredibly generous with upcoming photographers - both with using his models and his studio space. Based on my research, Lyle's final studio space was actually in his parent's home (according to their address in the US census), so, like Mizer, he had family right next to him as he shot is nudes, and probably had much less privacy than Mizer did. Sadly, their address has long since been destroyed and turned into commercial property, so no way to know what it really looked like.
Yes, 1438 Naud Street were Lyle (1929-1958) lived with his parents and his brother Floyd (1928-2012). Naud Street was a dilapidated neighborhood of warehouses, work shops and houses. (Lyle’s father was a junk man.) Naud Street was named for French immigrant Edouard Naud who built a warehouse at Naud Junction in 1878. -Rj
RJ I am confused. So I thought that Lyle Frisby was the Partner of Pat Milo and they opened a Studio together on Nuad Street according to the California Online Archive. Pat did the books and Lyle took the Photos. Then on May 19, 1954 Lyle was arrested for obscenity and did at least one year in Prison. His health deteriorated and Lyle was released in late 1955. Lyle would die by January 3, 1958 from leukemia. Are you saying that Lyle went home to live with his Parents after Prison and continued taking photos at his Parents home until his death.?
Thanks RJ. I have the article dated May 21, 1954 from the LA Times where Paul V. Coates gloats about the arrest of Lyle Frisby and Bob Mizer in the past week for selling lewd photos. I think Mizer was charged for helping Frisby sell his Photos. It was terrible what they did to Frisby and to Mizer.
Yes, they went through hell because of that guy and the LAPD. Mizer was first arrested and imprisoned for photographing an underage 17 yo in 1947. Then this situation with Frisby in 1954. Then another time in 1961 on charges that were reversed and then dismissed, a sprint in prison in 1968 for his model codes and in 1979 where material was seized from Mizer’s compound and never returned. And poor Frisby dead of leukemia aggravated by his time in prison.:( -Rj
Arnold Klein by Lyle Frisby circa 1956. I think you posted another photo of Arnold Klein where he was Nude by Lyle Frisby with the same seating prop back on April 27, 2023.
ReplyDeleteThis is Arnold Klein in AMG’s X album.
ReplyDeletePhotoplay is correct. I can not believe both Photographers used the same type of covered prop for the same model. I guess all of Frisby's photos were Nude and Mizer used a Posing Pouch.
ReplyDeleteI think the props — a library of mid-century choices — reflect gestures at good taste as well as the sort of furnishings to be found in older artworks.
DeleteGutaussehender Klein, so glücklich und stolz, für Mizer zu posieren und seinen Körperbau zur Schau zu stellen.
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One other thing that must be mentioned is that Lyle first started working at AMG, and it's possible he shot some of his earliest models right there in the AMG studio. Mizer was incredibly generous with upcoming photographers - both with using his models and his studio space. Based on my research, Lyle's final studio space was actually in his parent's home (according to their address in the US census), so, like Mizer, he had family right next to him as he shot is nudes, and probably had much less privacy than Mizer did. Sadly, their address has long since been destroyed and turned into commercial property, so no way to know what it really looked like.
ReplyDeleteYes, 1438 Naud Street were Lyle (1929-1958) lived with his parents and his brother Floyd (1928-2012). Naud Street was a dilapidated neighborhood of warehouses, work shops and houses.
ReplyDelete(Lyle’s father was a junk man.)
Naud Street was named for French immigrant Edouard Naud who built a warehouse at Naud Junction in 1878.
-Rj
RJ I am confused. So I thought that Lyle Frisby was the Partner of Pat Milo and they opened a Studio together on Nuad Street according to the California Online Archive. Pat did the books and Lyle took the Photos. Then on May 19, 1954 Lyle was arrested for obscenity and did at least one year in Prison. His health deteriorated and Lyle was released in late 1955. Lyle would die by January 3, 1958 from leukemia. Are you saying that Lyle went home to live with his Parents after Prison and continued taking photos at his Parents home until his death.?
DeleteAfter his arrest and imprisonment Lyle ended the photography and went to live with his parents. -Rj
DeleteThanks RJ. I have the article dated May 21, 1954 from the LA Times where Paul V. Coates gloats about the arrest of Lyle Frisby and Bob Mizer in the past week for selling lewd photos. I think Mizer was charged for helping Frisby sell his Photos. It was terrible what they did to Frisby and to Mizer.
ReplyDeleteYes, they went through hell because of that guy and the LAPD.
DeleteMizer was first arrested and imprisoned for photographing an underage 17 yo in 1947.
Then this situation with Frisby in 1954.
Then another time in 1961 on charges that were reversed and then dismissed, a sprint in prison in 1968 for his model codes and in 1979 where material was seized from Mizer’s compound and never returned.
And poor Frisby dead of leukemia aggravated by his time in prison.:(
-Rj
Looks like Klein is showing, in an exaggerated way, the size of his or his lover’s fully erected phallus. :)
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