Colorado Body Building Contest, along with Lester Workman and Phil Dewald, in the early 1950s. Don was also one of the original founders of the Mr. It was established in 1947 by photographer Don Whitman. Western Photography Guild is a physique photography studio in Denver. In fact, the founder's nephew is still printing from the original negatives. Western Photography Guild is a family business. #TBT: A Trove of Physique Memorabilia for Collectors (Photos) See more of WPG's fantastic photos on our previous gallery: Perhaps it was for the purity of the sport, perhaps it was for the assembled audience, either way, no one goes away unstimulated.
God save us from that! But this is the way the Greeks did it in ancient times.
Think of the possibilities: sudden cardiovascular congestion in the pouch area, unintended stimulation by the strap string in the fundamental area, sudden face-to-face action with a very full pouch sprouting with pubic hair from its bursting sides and top. These perfect examples by Don Whitman with the Western Photography Guild (read the story of WPG below) capture the excitement and tension of a couple of maybe straight, maybe gay, maybe even mixed (!) guys, all oiled up in the warm sunshine trying to get a good hold on each other. There was a time in the middle of the last century when photos of men wrestling in posing straps was about as stimulating an image as a gay man could find, legally.
