| LC control no. | no2010005644 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | French, Jim, 1932-2017 |
| See also | Alternate identity: Colt, Rip, 1932-2017 Founded corporate body of person: Colt Studio |
| Associated place | Beaver Falls (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1932-07-14 |
| Death date | 2017-06-16 |
| Place of death | Palm Springs (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Gay erotic photography Gay business enterprises Publishers and publishing |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Publishers Gay businessmen |
| Special note | Formerly on undifferentiated name record: nr87146385 |
| Found in | Another man, 1974: t.p. (photography by Jim French) Wikipedia, "Jim French (photographer)", Jan. 12, 2010: (Jim French, b. 14 July 1932; male erotica artist and photographer; created Colt Studio under his pseudonym Rip Colt) Wikipedia, 24 October 2024 (Jim French (photographer); born July 14, 1932 in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; died June 16, 2017 in Palm Springs, California; American artist, illustrator, photographer, filmmaker, and publisher, with a homoerotic focus; began drawing and photographing male erotica in mid-1960s; early in career used pseudonym Kurt Lüger, under which he created drawings of hypermasculine men; along with business partner Lou Thomas, created Colt Studio under pseudonym Rip Colt in 1967) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_French_(photographer)> Fire Island Pines Historical Preservation Society website, 24 October 2024: The archives/Older posts/Fire Island art history, Jim French (Jim French; July 14, 1932-June 16, 2017; American illustrator and photographer who created the male erotic photography studio Colt Studio; from roughly 1964-65, French created romantic homoerotic illustrations under the pseudonym Arion; subsequently he created more masculine homoerotic illustrations under the pseudonym Kurt Luger; French also began exploring photography of male nudes; in December 1967, French formed Colt Studio with his business partner Lou Thomas, at which time French took on new pseudonym Rip Colt) <https://www.pineshistory.org/the-archives/fire-island-art-history-jim-french> |
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