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Thu, Oct 31, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 70

Lou Thomas (American, unk-1990)

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Nine photosets circa 1970s in original glassine sleeves, each with approximately 8 black and white photos. Includes multiple photo sets including the famed Bruno. One photograph from each set stamped with Target Studios copyright. Also included is "The Target Album #1" Published by Target Studios, a photoset catalogue. 5 x 7"

"Background photographer and filmmaker Lou Thomas founded Target Studios in the early 1970s after leaving Colt Studios which he operated with Jim French (Rip Colt). Thomas shared several models with Colt Studios and his esthetic tended toward the mustachioed leather daddy model that pervaded gay male culture throughout the 1970s." University of California, Target Studios Photographs, collection: l2014.030