Fabian Froelich (Fabian Frölich)

[JackFTwist]

Very new on the modeling scene.  Mr. Middle Germany 2016 and chief financial officer of a health-food company.  Thanks to @Steve for the last two photos.

                     

Edited December 8, 2020 by Steve

[Doug]

He seems to be living up to his name

fröhlich:

cheerful ; enthusiastic ; happy ; gay ; bright ; buoyant ; sunny ; enchanted ; vibrant ; merry ; attentive ; amusing ; eager ; joyful ; mystified ; joyous ; tidy ; pleasant ; jolly ; spell bound ; reliable ; dependable ; festive ; trustworthy ; under enchantment ; passionate ; neat ; colourful ; funny ; animated ; safe ; trusted ; clear ; colorful ; eagre ; pleased ; glad ; satisfied ; up ; frisky ; busy ; occupied ; engaged ; busily engaged ; tied up ; good-tempered ; good-humoured ; good natured ; good-humored ; blissful ; fullfilled ; satiated ; contented ; overjoyed ; as pleased as punch ; very happy ; very glad ; exuberant ; effusive ; ebullient ; felicitous ; in good spirits ; bustling ; in high spirits ; full of joy ; fond of laughing ; given to laughter 

Other models please and photographers note!

Edited February 2, 2017 by Doug

[Davie]

4 hours ago, Doug said:

He seems to be living up to his name

fröhlich:

cheerful ; enthusiastic ; happy ; gay ; bright ; buoyant ; sunny ; enchanted ; vibrant ; merry ; attentive ; amusing ; eager ; joyful ; mystified ; joyous ; tidy ; pleasant ; jolly ; spell bound ; reliable ; dependable ; festive ; trustworthy ; under enchantment ; passionate ; neat ; colourful ; funny ; animated ; safe ; trusted ; clear ; colorful ; eagre ; pleased ; glad ; satisfied ; up ; frisky ; busy ; occupied ; engaged ; busily engaged ; tied up ; good-tempered ; good-humoured ; good natured ; good-humored ; blissful ; fullfilled ; satiated ; contented ; overjoyed ; as pleased as punch ; very happy ; very glad ; exuberant ; effusive ; ebullient ; felicitous ; in good spirits ; bustling ; in high spirits ; full of joy ; fond of laughing ; given to laughter 

Other models please and photographers note!

Agreed! I'd love to frohlich with him anytime!

[Doug]

22 minutes ago, Davie said:

Agreed! I'd love to frohlich with him anytime!

Indeed, wouldn't we all? 

[JackFTwist]

6 hours ago, Doug said:

He seems to be living up to his name

I dunno ... he looks absolutely threatening in the last photo above and none too friendly in #3-5, or #1 below.  But at least he does have a somewhat-forced-looking smile in #2 above and at least a neutral expression in the others, not the frown that seems to be the habitual expression of so many other models.  But yes, I’d love to “frölich” with him anytime, too. 

Here are two more shots of this hunk, both by Dutch photographer Paul van der Linde, who seems to have become the Michael Anthony Downs of North-European male models.  Keep ‘em coming (and us, too), Paul!

   

[Bryson]

Thanks for this discovery!  What an awesome hunk, and I'm impressed by the fact that he's a CFO.  

[JackFTwist]

11 hours ago, JoelR said:

What an awesome hunk….

Yes, certainly not the prettiest face in the business — he’s no James Ellis or Daniel Osborne, etc.  But that body makes up for a lot!

11 hours ago, JoelR said:

I'm impressed by the fact that he's a CFO.

Me, too.  Not just a hunk, but he’s got a brain, too.  Judging from the company’s Website, it’s fairly small, with a limited selection of health foods — granola, etc.  It may have been formed by a small group of young people who’re interested in that general area.  Even so, he may been chosen as CFO based on his academic background or mind for business.  Hopefully, they weren’t just filling required positions with whoever was available!  (E.g., “Well, Fabian, you don’t suck at numbers as badly as everyone else does, so you’re elected CFO!”)

[Bryson]

57 minutes ago, JackFTwist said:

Yes, certainly not the prettiest face in the business — he’s no James Ellis or Daniel Osborne, etc.  But that body makes up for a lot!

Me, too.  Not just a hunk, but he’s got a brain, too.  Judging from the company’s Website, it’s fairly small, with a limited selection of health foods — granola, etc.  It may have been formed by a small group of young people who’re interested in that general area.  Even so, he may been chosen as CFO based on his academic background or mind for business.  Hopefully, they weren’t just filling required positions with whoever was available!  (E.g., “Well, Fabian, you don’t suck at numbers as badly as everyone else does, so you’re elected CFO!”)

Ha, that could be it.  I imagine that everyone in the company is a well-toned and athletic hunk or babe, which means coming up with marketing and promotional material must be really easy!  

[Guest]

hot!

[Steve]

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[Doug]

If you look at earlier photos you will see that occasionally he smiles. Now we seem to have got into the "Aren't you so lucky to be looking at me" look.

I can only assume that the photographers have a say in how they want him to look.  However misguided they may be.

Just my opinion, but I must admit I am getting a little fed-up with the sneering, supercilious brigade of photographers and their models.

Edited December 30, 2017 by Doug

[JackFTwist]

On 12/30/2017 at 3:24 PM, Doug said:

I can only assume that the photographers have a say in how they want him to look.  However misguided they may be.

@Doug : I think you’re exactly right here.  In the “behind-the-scenes” videos I’ve seen of photo shoots (YouTube has dozens and dozens of them), most of the photographers are continuously giving the models extremely detailed instructions, like “raise your chin,” “a little bit more … a little bit more,” “now turn your head more to the left/right, but don’t move your shoulders,” “cross your legs at the ankles, etc., etc.  It reminds me of the children’s song “Hokey Pokey”:

• "You put your right foot in. You take your right foot out. You put your right foot in. And you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey. And you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about. / You put your left foot in…."
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EnaAFyrcQM

So if the model isn’t smiling, it’s only because the photographer either doesn’t want him to smile or doesn’t care whether he’s smiling or not.  I don’t spend a lot of time looking at fashion ads in magazines that carry them (like the gay U.S. magazine “Out,” which uses almost exclusively male models), but in the vast majority of ads that I have looked at, the models typically have sort of neutral expressions on their faces.  Evidently, that’s what the people who choose photos for print adverts want:  photos of guys who look like they’re just going about their daily business.  (Never mind that the guys are usually all very good looking….)  On rare occasions, the models are smiling, if the ad’s setting calls for a more jovial mood (like guys enjoying a beer or cocktail), and on even rarer occasions, they have a more serious expression, possibly even a scowl.  But those latter examples are the exception.  

So you’d think that both models and photographers would want their portfolios to contain a cross-section of facial expressions, maybe with an emphasis on shots that show neutral, “normal” expressions.  Which makes it even more surprising that we see mostly these frowning, and even fierce, expressions on models’ faces.  That being said, Frölich’s natural expression seems to be fairly serious.  His sharp, angular jawline seems to contribute to that, possibly even to emphasize it.  Even his one attempt at a broad smile in photo #2 of my first post above looks forced and strained — it’s not a pretty picture!

With that in mind, compared to most of Frölich's photos in the earlier posts, the ones in @Steve’s December 30 post above look very “neutral,” IMO!  I much prefer those to Frölich's menacing scowl in the last photo in my first post.

But overall, I agree completely with you:  How misguided the photographers are.  (How about an experiment:  You, a select few other AM members, and I could give some models a blowjob — or a fuck, if they’d prefer — just before a photoshoot begins.  That should put smiles on their faces for at least the first photos of the shoot!  )

The photo below looks like a casual, or “candid,” shot (it’s slightly out of focus), not a professionally posed one.

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[ColtMann]

@JackFTwist almost convinces me that I am lucky not to be a top model, however it wouldn't be too terrible for an entire beach full of pretty boys to be tearing off my clothes - at least once

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[ChrisJames]

wow , hes a cutie 

 

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