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Jean Ferrero
JEAN FERRERO FRENCH PHYSIQUE PHOTOGRAPHER 1960s Vintage Set & Original Booklets

1960

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COLD WINTER SPECIAL...$1,120....A rare set of 11 vintage original gelatin silver photographs by the French photographer JEAN FERRERO and two original "Riviera Boy’s" Catalogue Booklets. Photographs are Stamped and Numbered with the Copyright, Artist and Model's Names. Catalogue 1 and Catalogue 3 are circa 1962 and 1963. Booklets are complete, #1 is 42 pages and and #3 is 20 pages of images of Ferrero’s popular models and order forms and instructions in French. Booklet models including Rod Ferrero - Mister Europe 1961, Francois Rossi - Mr. France 1958 and Umbrerto Devetak - Mr. Italy 1961. For legal reasons photos in the catalogues have posing straps drawn on however, actual photographs in this series are full nudes. The collection features Ferrero’s photographs from the early 1960s with some of his favorite and best known physique models including Bud Lanter, Daniel Cartier, Jean Daniel, Kid Pomer and Romeo. Ferrero’s had a natural style that was distinctively unique among male nude photography in the early 1960s and his models had a comfortable relaxed European style of posing. Ferrero lived and worked in Nice where he produced first quality images of French athletes, actors and bodybuilders in the natural Riviera scenery of the South of France. His photographs of nude men were popular in Europe and in the U.S. physique market and were often shown with other photographers of the ‘beefcake’ era including Bruce Bellas, Don Whitman and Bob Mizer. Ferrero was also an art dealer of contemporary art and a photographer for the French communist publication the Patriot. He was associated with the radical group of artists and intellectuals who formed The School of Nice. Photographs are 3 3/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches printed on heavy weight paper with a lightly textured premium satin finish and a 3/16 inches boarder. Photo paper edges are intentionally uneven with a repeat torn pattern. All photographs are stamped with the catalogue number, model’s name and “Copyright By Jean FERRERO”, address and Nice France. See image examples.
  • Creator:
    Jean Ferrero (French)
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Width: 3.75 in (9.53 cm)Depth: 0.07 in (1.78 mm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Photos are in excellent condition as shown. Booklets are slightly browned on the edges but have staples intact with no major tears, no pages missing.
  • Gallery Location:
    Glenford, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Jean Ferrero Photo Set 19601stDibs: LU2458215220002

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