Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.8 / 5.0

My Friend Lon:

A wonderful photo book with Lon's images sorted by decade and reproduced with absolute beauty. Not enough Johnny Kemper but there never is. Unlike the Janssen book which had a picture of Lon that wasn't, this has some beautiful shots of him. An absolute must for those who loved Alonzo James Hanagan. The book was assembled by an aspiring author who, during the last months of Lon's life, rented a room in Lon's vast apartment on the upper west side of Manhattan.

Beautiful layout, timeless images:

Reed Massengill's book on Lon of New York is superb. The layout and design of the book is beautiful and should serve as a template for other photography books. Massengill's introduction is well written and worth reading to better appreciate the photos reproduced in the book. Massengill's writing style reflects storytelling, not simply factual biographical data, and his approach makes Lon of New York a real person, not some distant figure from the past. The inclusion of personal photos throughout the text... more info

Tender truth:

Many books on mid 20th century physique photography have appeared in the past 10 years, but none is as good as this one. I agree with the other reviewers who have characterized this book as the ideal model for this type of book. The life of Lon is portrayed truthfully and lovingly by Reed Massengill. The use of candid photos from Lon's own collection of snapshots and self-portraits of him with his models tells us much about the man. A large portion of Lon's work was lost due to the censorship of the past--a... more info

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