Of the repetitive conventions of vintage lucha mag photography (pose in locker room hallway, pose on city rooftop, pose with circus animal, etc) the absolute weirdest was the ‘pose with myself’ thing. Here’s an old shot of the tag team of Tinieblas and… Tinieblas.
Art directors did this all the time. Take an xacto knife to a couple of varying poses and paste (literally back then, remember? the stuff you ate in pre-school?) them together for the weird team shot with yourself. Bit of a head-scratcher, this…