Sale 2578 | Lot 76
A group of approximately 112 photographs from the iconic studio, some depicting single figures, others more explicit tableaux of pairs.
A group of 14 sets of glassine envelopes, each with 8 photographs, organized by model or scene. Including models such as The Bull Dozier, Pete Bronsky, Tom Hartung, and others, as well as scenes titled The Hayloft, The Pit, and Sunstruck. Silver prints, the images measuring approximately 165.1x114.3 mm; 6½x4½ inches, and the reverse, the sheet slightly larger, one print from each set with the Target Studios copyright hand stamp on verso; enclosed in the original glassine envelopes, each with a Target Studios hand stamp and a model's name or set name hand stamp, on the front. 1970s.
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Target Studios was created by photographer Jim French and his partner Lou Thomas in the mid-1970s. The studio answered to an underground demographic that craved quality homoerotica after the U.S. Supreme Court banned depictions of male frontal nudity in 1967.