“…the visibly queer imagery in Mechanix Illustrated, 1972, a suite of nine silkscreens. Early for queer art, especially in Canada, these prints are modernist, cinematic and blatantly phallic. In Mechanix Illustrated (8), 1972, a phallus and testicles morph into an abstracted, Art Deco-influenced, architectural design…” — Bordercrossings, Earl Miller
“Under the name Champion Studio, Walter Kundzicz became one of the last great pioneers of physique photography when he entered the field in the late 1950s. Unlike the muscle-bound beefcake imagery of earlier decades, Champion’s handsome young models were a new breed. Not only did Kundzicz push legal boundaries with sexier props and more revealing imagery, but his color photographs also pushed the established aesthetics, featuring sunny, youthful models in everyday settings, beautifully capturing a new era on the cusp of the sexual revolution. These photographs became wildly popular with mail-order customers and collectors because they stood in stark contrast to most of the physique photography available at that time.” — Swann Galleries