Lil' Al Vavasseur
Portraits of the National Wrestling Alliance, 1970s
Chromogenic prints (62)
Each 5 x 3 1/2 inches; Overall 14 x 11 inches
With Vavasseur's hand stamp and wrestler names, in ink, on verso.
With Vavasseur's hand stamp and wrestler names, in ink, on verso.
A collection of performative portraiture chronicling wrestlers of the National Wrestling Alliance, photographed by Lil' Al Vavasseur. Lil' Al Vavasseur (active 1970s) was the self-proclaimed 'World's largest supplier of color...
A collection of performative portraiture chronicling wrestlers of the National Wrestling Alliance, photographed by Lil' Al Vavasseur.
Lil' Al Vavasseur (active 1970s) was the self-proclaimed "World's largest supplier of color photos of professional wrestlers.” With his uniform portraiture of dramatically-posed athletes in elaborate (or revealing) costumes, he captured the heels, jobbers, hosses, and baby-faces of the National Wrestling Alliance, the sport’s largest and most influential governing body of independent promotions until WWE’s national expansion in the mid-1980s.
Lil' Al Vavasseur (active 1970s) was the self-proclaimed "World's largest supplier of color photos of professional wrestlers.” With his uniform portraiture of dramatically-posed athletes in elaborate (or revealing) costumes, he captured the heels, jobbers, hosses, and baby-faces of the National Wrestling Alliance, the sport’s largest and most influential governing body of independent promotions until WWE’s national expansion in the mid-1980s.