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Grecian Guild built sense of community for gay men
H. Lynn Womack was at a turning point in his young life.
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Warhol films celebrated beauty of the mundane
At the same time photographer and filmmaker Bob Mizer’s empire expanded and embraced nudity in front of the lens at his L.A. compound, on the other...
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DSI trial preceded Supreme Court’s 1968 obscenity ruling
Although most followers of media law are familiar with the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 1968 ruling in Ginsburg v. New York that nudity in art could...
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Behind the Lens: The Life and Times of Bob Mizer (Part IV)
Author’s note: This is the fourth and final part of a four-part series designed to introduce the novice to photographer and filmmaker Bob Mizer. Part...
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Behind the Lens: The Life and Times of Bob Mizer (Part III)
Author’s note: This is the third part of a four-part series designed to introduce the novice to photographer and filmmaker Bob Mizer. We will post a...
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Behind the Lens: The Life and Times of Bob Mizer (Part II)
Author’s note: This is the second part of a four-part series designed to introduce the novice to photographer and filmmaker Bob Mizer. We will post a...
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Behind the Lens: The Life and Times of Bob Mizer (Part I)
Author’s note: This is the first of a four-part series designed to introduce the novice to photographer and filmmaker Bob Mizer. We will post a new...
Bob Mizer on: Your Inviolable Castle
“Even the most timorous feels that if he will stay in his own home and mind his own business, that there at least he will be snug and secure. But...
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Pudgy Stockton: Buff Belle of the Beach
Unlike obese men nicknamed ‘Slim’ or tall men nicknamed ‘Shorty,’ Abbye Eville’s nickname in childhood was anything but ironic.
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Magazines provided risky outlet of desire for closeted gay men
In the 1940s and 1950s, there existed a group of men who were both excited and fearful when they made the trek to the mailbox every day.
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Mizer compound at center of photographer's empire
When the neighbors watched Delia Mizer and her precocious 5-year-old son Bob move into the Victorian house at 1834 W. 11th St. in Los Angeles in...
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Death of Mizer's mother led to changes in AMG
It’s easy to overlook Delia Mizer’s role in the early days of Bob Mizer’s career. But any out gay man who was once closeted and living in fear of his...
Bob Mizer on: His Mother's Death
Mother’s death created quite a jolt for all of us, though we had all expected it. The first few days found me going into tears several times, but...
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FOCUS ON Photographer Ben McNutt
Ben McNutt is a young photographer who focuses his camera on one of Bob's favorite subjects, wrestling. As a student at the Maryland Institute...
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Magazine used as sounding board for Mizer's social commentary
True followers of Bob Mizer’s “Physique Pictorial” know that the publication was more than just a menagerie of pretty faces and toned bodies – it was...