AKA Michel Guillot – Michel Guillot – he, as well as his photographs, appeared in Western Man publications; he also did modeling work for Target Studios as Ben Chapin – BUT (and?)
you may remember from such films as:
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Ben Chapin on BJland
who you may remember from such publications as:
- MANDATE October 1977
- Target Calendar (1977) – September w/
- Strap 1 (1979) – Western Man
- Chevron #2 (1979)
- Raw Meat (1980)
- Hard Men (1980) – Western Man
- Uncut TWO (1981) – cover
- SKIN Vol 2 No 2 (1981) – cover
- Private Files 2
- Cockring – solo pic, compilation magazine
- INCHES May 2002 – “historic inches”
- Target photo sets:
- Ben Chapin w/Marty (Target Studios)
- Ben Chapin & Stewart – B&W Photo Set / slide set (PK-03) (SK-03)(1976)
- B&W Photo Set – solo (PI-03) (SI-03) (1976)
Besides being super handsome, I also admire his work, which I am still working on collecting more samples of – here is what I have so far –
his work as photographer:
- Strap 1 (1979) – photos of himself, and Benoit
- Strap #3 (1979) – single photo/centerfold of Le GREC
- Cuir & fantasmes (1982) – book of his photography
- Magazine No 5 (1983) – underground French gay magazine
- International Male Photography 2 (1989) – book, one of 5 featured photographers
- MANSCAPE 2 – Spring (1987) ??
- MANSCAPE 2 – June (1988) ??
- Speciale Foto #21 (1994) – Italian magazine, featured photographer – last 3 pics on this post
- contributor – GAI PIED – 1987, 1988
- contributor – TRIANGUL’ERE – 2000-2007??
links/sources:
5 replies on “Ben Chapin”
All these photos and the research you did on him as both model and photographer, and no comments yet. So allow me to leave the first. Excellent job on digging up so much info about this guy, well done sir.
I remember his rather stern expression in some of the pics of him, as well as his beautiful uncut dick. Probably from when you’ve featured him here before but I’m sure I saw him scrolling through scans of mags myself elsewhere. He looked great in a cockring that fit him well, which I always appreciate.
A little surprising that with as much photo sets as he did (posing for as well as shooting) that nobody talked him into doing even a loop, let alone a scene in a film. Since that’s not too big of a jump if someone decides to pose nude anyway.
exceedingly handsome man! and while I’d love to see a loop, or more – a “moving picture” – i get why one may not want to do it! While we don’t always call porn models actors, since they don’t often do a good job “acting” (like talking) it is a performance, not everyone is good at it, nor will you have a director patient enough to get a better take – a bunch of stills is so much easier to pose for, cull the crap, and post to a magazine. Over the years of watching a lot of porn, I can tell you that at least in the film-only days, directors / producers didn’t go for second takes, etc, they just used what they had, regardless if the model looked his best. I would definitively err on the side of caution, and only allow stills, and not my bad “cum face” or pimply ass to be shown in a movie!
I agree, Zephyr! I would kill for just one film loop.
One of those links says he was born in 1937, which seems older than I’d think looking at his photo shoots from 1977. If he’s still alive, he’s almost 90?!
Amazing profile of such a gorgeous man and a talented artist. I can tell a lot of work went into this post. These are some incredible photos of the man- I really love the self portrait from Strap 1. That’s one of my favorites. I agree with Zephyr that it’s a shame he never did any films. I feel like he would’ve been incredible. So intense!
I also love his amazing photography. So many sexy images of studly mens. Love it! I wish I had more of this stuff in my collection. Especially that Speciale Foto 21.
Great post BJ!