'Straight Trade' and Bodybuilder Show-offs (Photos)
| 03/01/18
Bob Mizer's 'Physique Pictorial' was so popular because it revealed the sexually ambiguous mid-century world of tough guys and muscle men. The guys who revived this treasured magazine got it right.
Good news: The Bob Mizer Foundation is releasing Physique Pictorial, volume 44. The new spring quarterly was slated for release this month.
Last fall, the foundation relaunched the flagship magazine brought to life by male physique photographer Bob Mizer more than half a century ago. Mizer founded Physique Pictorial in 1951; the publication was designed to showcase the benefits of healthful living through a variety of muscular male models. Physique Pictorial ceased publication in 1990, at the time of Mizer's death.
The new Physique Pictorial pays homage to male physique photographers both vintage and contemporary. Here are key highlights from volume 44.
Readers can reserve their copy of the new Physique Pictorial, volume 44, or purchase an annual subscription at BobMizer.org.
Included in the new issue: A vintage retrospective from the Mizer archives, 1950s supermodel, bodybuilder and former Mr. America, Richard DuBois is celebrated with a 14-page portfolio.
Included: Taschen Books Sexy Editor Dian Hanson pens an essay on Old Reliable’s David Hurles, whose sneering, tattooed models are highlighted in a rambunctious photographic portfolio.
Included: Taschen Books Sexy Editor Dian Hanson pens an essay on Old Reliable’s David Hurles, whose sneering, tattooed models are highlighted in a rambunctious photographic portfolio.
Readers will also meet photographer Lucas Murnaghan, whose magic camera dives below the water’s surface to capture his models' athletic physiques.
Brooklyn photographer Ross Collab contributes a set of private self-portraits that redefine an artist’s intimacy with his camera.
Brooklyn photographer Ross Collab contributes a set of private self-portraits that redefine an artist’s intimacy with his camera.
Nature and nudist enthusiast Steven Menendez takes his camera into the wilds of nature to capture the beauty and strength of men in the great outdoors. Imagine Ansel Adams shooting for 'Physique Pictorial'!
Waynn Low creates a portfolio of fantastical men that mirror the polychromatic style of James Bidgood’s classic film, “Pink Narcissus.”
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caption="" photo_credit=""]And finally, a 'True Detective'-like retrospective from Keith Foote on legendary Mizer model Leonard Chambers and his untimely death in 1956 by a California police officer’s gun
