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[[File:McBean-Angus John S Barrington.jpg|thumb|Portrait of John S. Barrington by Angus McBean]] | [[File:McBean-Angus John S Barrington.jpg|thumb|Portrait of John S. Barrington by Angus McBean]] | ||
John S. Paignton — pseudonym for John S. Barrington — has been referred to known as the "godfather of British physique photography". He began photographing and drawing figural studies of male nudes in the 1930s, and launched [[Male Model Monthly]], the first physique magazine in the UK, in 1954. He also wrote a semi-biographical novel called "Out of Sickness" in 1950. | John S. Paignton — pseudonym for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Barrington John S. Barrington] — has been referred to known as the "godfather of British physique photography". He began photographing and drawing figural studies of male nudes in the 1930s, and launched [[Male Model Monthly]], the first physique magazine in the UK, in 1954. He also wrote a semi-biographical novel called "Out of Sickness" in 1950. | ||
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== Books == | == Books == | ||
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John S. Paignton — pseudonym for John S. Barrington — has been referred to known as the "godfather of British physique photography". He began photographing and drawing figural studies of male nudes in the 1930s, and launched Male Model Monthly, the first physique magazine in the UK, in 1954. He also wrote a semi-biographical novel called "Out of Sickness" in 1950.
In print
Books
Periodicals
- Formosus
- If: Man to Man International Forum
- Male Model Monthly
- MAN-ifique!
- MAN-ifique! International