The handsome Zaro Rossi (his real name) by Dave Martin. Although Martin was known for photographing athletes from local colleges and universities, Martin "discovered" Zaro at a gym in San Francisco where the 19 year old man was working as an instructor. Zaro was photographed by Martin numerous times from 1953 to 1957. According to one source, Zaro was Martin's most popular model for all of those years.
The name Zaro is from the Italian name "Lazaro", a form of the Hebrew name "Lazarus" meaning "God is my helper".
Zaro Rossi died in October, 2005, in Phoenix. You can google his obituary. Sounds like he had a good life.
ReplyDeleteZaro was such a beautiful hunk, I love all his pix, Wish he made some porn films. Who could resist him ,, Sad he died so young
ReplyDeleteWell, he was 71 years old.
DeleteSupposedly Zaro was named for a town in Italy where his Parents fell in Love. Dave Martin wrote it down as the tale was told to him by Zaro himself on his famous note cards he kept for each model. I never could locate a Zaro in Italy. I suspect maybe they meant Catanzaro in Calabria Italy.?? A truly beautiful Italian City.
ReplyDelete+ Zaro Rossi cosi bello e incantevole, sia su un albero di yucca che in posa completamente nudo. Aveva un fisico eccezionale che attirava Dave Martin.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and he has a cool name!
ReplyDeleteMe thinks I'm in love 💓
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