Our winter issue of Physique Pictorial is hot off the presses and ready to ship at the beginning of next month.
We're thrilled by the response to our inaugural issue, which featured glimpses at male physique models from both the contemporary era and from yesteryear. We're taking our relaunch a step further with issue #43 and adding many glorious images and spreads in full color. We think you'll be pretty stoked about what lies within the pages of the winter issue.
Even though Physique Pictorial featured Asian models, their appearances were few and far between. In this issue, we chat with photographer Norm Yip, whose Asian Male Project seeks to shatter stereotypes of the Asian male as passive and feminized. Yip's photos put Asian beefcake at front and center, heralding a new age of 'Asian male body gods,' in Yip's words. "Asian men have caught on and found that they can be attractive and beautiful to others," Yip says in his interview. "Many Asian guys have amassed huge followings, and with it, they are able to create the desire in others."
Mizer and male physique photographer Mike Scott share many similarities. Both, for instance, were born in the same year, both took photos of models John Davidson and Jim Paris, and both believed in admiring the work of other beefcake photographers, not competing with them. Scott could often be seen at Mizer's compound, shooting whatever life and activities he saw. Now, for the first time, Scott's photos can be seen by the public, and only in issue #43 of Physique Pictorial. We think you'll enjoy a handsome portfolio of Scott's works.