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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...
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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Ideals of male beauty have changed over centuries
Though male physique photography pioneer Bob Mizer set out to define masculinity in post-war America, his idea of the perfect male body was a...
WANTED: the bad boys of AMG: Kelly Moore
This week: Kelly Moore “...when Kelly was living in a sumptuous home in the Hollywood Hills, he became angry at the owner, tore up his room and...
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Nova was at forefront of hardcore scene for a decade
If you still enjoy hardcore gay porn (and we’re betting you do), you have Nova Studios to thank in part.
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Mansions served as scene of Mizer photo shoots
The models in Bob Mizer’s later photos frolicked, wrestled, and sneered amid backdrops and set designs that were a world away from the scenery that...