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A bound volume with approximately 75 photographs from Studio Arax centering around the figure Odile Bennézon.
Including artful portraits exposing bulging muscles, group portraits, the men with their trophies and on the winner's stand, as well as competition stills. Silver prints, the images measuring 9x6½ inches (22.9x16.5 cm.), the sheets slightly larger, and the reverse, each with Bacquemane's extensive notations identifying the musclemen, location, date, and competition details, in ink, in French, the Studio Arax Paris hand stamp, and the Collection Lucien Bacquemane hand stamp, on verso. 4to, green leather-backed boards over marbled paper. 1962-66

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From the Collection of Lucien Bacquemane, who was considered the greatest collector of male physique photography, and engaged the photography studio Arax to produce images of his favorite male specimens.