Lon and Frank Giardina Photographed by Lon

Lon took this photograph of himself posing with Frank Giardina.

In Reed Massengill's book, The Male Ideal: Lon of New York and the Masculine Physique, Lon says he not only mentored Giardina when the model pursued a career as a physique photographer, but remained close friends with Giardina and his family, who lived with Lon in his apartment in New York for some time.