Bob Mizer Foundation

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Mizer promoted, marketed AMG in a variety of ways

By the time Bob Mizer died in 1992, the Internet was still an extremely new technology to private citizens. Though he was unable to take advantage of the websites, blogs, e-mail blasts, and social media that so many take for granted today, Mizer...

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Kickstarter campaign aims to build publication’s team

The Foundation, dedicated to the preservation and promotion of masculinity in photography, recently announced the relaunch of Bob Mizer’s flagship...

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Take a tour of our new streaming video website, Posingstrap.tv

The Bob Mizer Foundation last week launched PosingStrap.TV, a video streaming service that allows viewing of vintage physique films on its website,...

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Physique Pictorial allotted space for other studios to hawk their wares

Both longtime friends and Bob Mizer himself have stated that the photographer was all too happy to promote the work of other artists and studios....

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Props, costumes added unique touch to Mizer's photos, films (Part II)

Author’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about the props, costumes and scenery used in Bob Mizer’s photos and films.

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Props, costumes added unique touch to Mizer's photos, films (Part I)

Author’s note: This is the first in a two-part series detailing some of the props used by Bob Mizer in his movies throughout the years. Part II will...

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Jim French’s body of work invigorated gay community, porn industry

When male physique photographer and COLT Studio founder Jim French died in his sleep on Thursday evening, he left behind a mammoth body of work that...

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BREAKING NEWS: Colt Studios founder Jim French dies

Jim French, the male physique photographer who pioneered new standards in masculinity through his images and drawings, has died. He was 84.

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Bidgood’s cinematic seven-year itch finds new life, audiences

In the early 1960s, just a few years before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that nudity in art was not obscene, one artist’s career began with a literal...

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He might be a hunk, but he's only human

I’ve always been a trusting, naïve person by nature.

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Venue brought AMG models to the silver screen

Those AMG patrons who were fortunate enough to live in the Los Angeles area during the mid-1960s and early 1970s were likely familiar with the Park...

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Artists' works brought masculinity out in full color

In the same way that Bob Mizer was known for his use of props and costumes in his still images and films, so too are French duo Pierre Commoy and...

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Physique Pictorial was a visual feast -- with a message

If the first issue of the upcoming Physique Pictorial relaunch is your introduction to Bob Mizer’s pocket-sized ode to beefcake, don’t worry – it’s...

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AMG Fun Facts: Spyke Adams

This week: Spyke Adams

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WANTED: the bad boys of AMG: Jerry Suter

This week: Jerry Suter

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