Al Urban (photographer)

Scholar Thomas Waugh described Urban as one of the "pillars of the postwar golden age of gay physique culture".

According to an article in the Chicago Daily News, he attended St. Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, and played on the basketball team.

[1] Urban's career effectively ended with his final criminal conviction in 1960, which resulted in a one-year sentence and the seizure of most of his work, however he was seen to be advertising in magazines as late as 1963.

[10] On July 1, 1960, Urban's studio was raided by police, who seized his negatives and prints and charged him with possession of obscene materials.

[1] He continued to fight to have his negatives returned to him, and wrote to customers seeking donations to fund his legal case.