These exceptional vintage semi-nude male physique portrait photographs by LES DEMI DIEUX dates from the early 1960s and features an outdoor portrait of handsome shirtless model STEF LUCAS (Steph) posing outdoors in Brooklyn, NY, solo and with others, including Richard Bennett.

Typical of this studio, the image captures New York at the end of the greaser era, just before the Beatles and the rest of the 1960s changed the world forever.

There are nine images printed together on one 8-by-10-inch photograph.

Danny Fitzgerald and Les Demi Dieux
Surprisingly contemporary in his approach to both the male physique and photographic technique, the man that called himself "Les Demi Dieux" (which is French for "the demigods") was little known among collectors until after his death. Danny Fitzgerald's work appeared in beefcake publications like Demi Gods and Young Physique in the early 1960s, featuring popular models like Jerry Albanese, Bennett and Vince Perri. But the images we have found to be most intriguing are those of Brooklyn street hooligans posing between their Buicks and against the chain links of the local basketball courts, or country youths posing deep in the back woods.

—Brooklyn Boys, our book on Fitzgerald, was released at the end of 2013 and celebrated with an exhibit at one of the most prestigious Chelsea galleries in New York City. Fitzgerald's partner and muse Richard Bennett was on hand with us to sign books at the opening reception.

Condition
This approximately 8-by-10-inch vintage photograph is printed on heavy glossy stock and is in very good condition. Quality and clarity are very good.