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Bob Mizer. AMG. 1000 Model Directory (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
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Bob Mizer. AMG. 1000 Model Directory (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)
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In 1945 Bob Mizer began taking photographs of strapping young men
on Muscle Beach in Venice, California. In December of that year he
formed the Athletic Model Guild to market his photos, and "physique
photography" was born. Before Mizer there were bodybuilders and men
who photographed them, but AMG photos, even those of the same men,
were different, subtly provocative, discretely aimed at a gay
audience. They weren't nude, but showed as much as the law allowed
in 1945. In 1951 Mizer launched Physique Pictorial, America's first
indisputably gay magazine, bringing his photos of top bodybuilders
to grateful readers worldwide. By the late '50s Mizer had
photographed over 1,000 men, moving from the beach to his quirky
Los Angeles studio, where he introduced props including Greek
columns, Roman headdresses, rear projection, and famously, his
mother's glassware, for theatrical Hollywood effect. In 1957 he
published a catalog featuring all his men, titled 1000 Model
Directory. In 1968 a second 1000 Model Directory followed, with the
men photographed in the intervening years. The little 98-page books
became instant collectibles, but the photos were so small, 12 to a
page, that they were as frustrating to view as they were
titillating. TASCHEN's two-volume edition 1000 Model Directory
prints from Mizer's original 4 x 5 negatives to present these
handsome hunks in stunning clarity. Editor Dian Hanson trawled
through a quarter million male nudes to select this lineup of top
models, including movie stars Sammy Jackson, Richard Harrison, and
Ed Fury. Glenn Corbett of TV's 77 Sunset Strip is also here, as
well as Nick Adams, star of The Rebel, and top bodybuilders Chris
Dickerson, Dick Dubois, Vince Gironda, Bill Grant, Zabo Koszewski,
Henry Lenz, Don Peters, Bob Shealy, Charles Stroeder, Armand Tanny,
and John Tristram. An hour-long DVD is also included, containing 18
films made by Bob Mizer between 1954 and 1968, in black and white
and color, all edited specifically for this book. They range from
simple posing routines by bodybuilding stars Keith Stephan and AMG
favorites Forrester Millard, John Davidson, and Steve Buono, to
sword and sandal star Ed Fury's first physique film, to gladiator
extravaganzas, wrestling adventures, crime dramas, and-a Bob
specialty-humorous morality tales, starring Jim Paris, John
Tristram, Monte Hanson, and other models featured in the book.
Mizer's take on Dr. Frankenstein's monster, in posing straps, is a
standout.
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