Content Description
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Biographical / Historical
Related Materials
Arrangement
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: Target Studios photographs
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2014.030
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): circa 1975-1979
Abstract: Photographic prints and negatives of models, thematic sets, and comic series from Target Studios, circa 1975-1979. Photographer
and filmmaker Lou Thomas founded Target Studios in the early 1970s with an eye toward ultra masculine types and themes.
Content Description
Photographic prints and negatives of models and thematic sets from Target Studios. Includes images from comic series, including
from Tom of Finland, and clippings of Target Studios advertisements in Drummer magazine.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission
for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection donated by Barry Safran, Steven F. Dansky, and the Estate of Leonard Dworkin, July 21, 2014.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder #, or item name] Target Studios Photographs, Coll2014-030, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Inventory and arrangement provided by Steven F. Dansky.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Related Materials
Gay Erotic Studio Photography Collection, Coll2013-075, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California.
Studios and Distributors Marketing Materials Collection, Coll2012-170, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Falcon Studios Still Images Collection, Coll2012-159, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California.
Arrangement
Arrangement based on order created by Steven F. Dansky.