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Roy
Blakey
Roy Blakey graduated from the University of Tulsa, served a stint in the Army
(where he bought his first camera at the PX), and later ice skated
professionally for over a decade. He developed as a photographer
throughout his military and skating career, often setting up darkrooms
wherever he happened to be stationed. When he retired from skating in
1967, Roy moved to New York City and set up a studio and darkroom in his
loft on Sixth Avenue. Over the years, countless men, including many
celebrities, posed for him. It is this period of work that is presented in
70's Male Nudes. Massengill helped Roy in bringing 70's Male
Nudes to publication, serving as both friend and editor. Now,
thankfully, the whole world can again see that spellbinding studio work
created by an artist who plugged away crafting a masterful body of work
while the rest of the world lay hypnotized by Playboy.
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