It really doesn’t matter how old you are, but if you actually say that you have never heard of BOB MIZER, we WILL take your gay card away from you!  Mizer was an American photographer and filmmaker, known for pushing boundaries of depicting male homoerotic content with his work in the mid-20th century, and his reputation is just as solid today.  He started shooting his amazing body of work when it was illegal to publish images of naked men, BUT NOT WOMEN.  His career was catapulted into infamy in 1954 when he was convicted of the unlawful distribution of obscene material through the US mail. The material in question was a series of black and white photographs, taken by Mizer, of young bodybuilders wearing what were known as posing straps — a precursor to the g-string. Despite societal expectations and pressure from law enforcement, Mizer would go on to build a veritable empire on his beefcake photographs and films, with the establishment of the influential studio, the Athletic Model Guild.

He photographed thousands of men, building a collection that includes nearly two million different images and thousands of films.  He would capture on film the career beginnings of a number of soon-to-be Hollywood actors, including Glenn Corbett, Tab Hunter, and Dennis Cole.  He was such a leader in this field and his pioneering work would influence artists like Robert Mapplethorpe and David Hockney.

Thanks to the BOB MIZER FOUNDATION in LA, a lot of his work is still available for collectors today in original and new editions of Physique Pictorial: we have chosen just ONE ISSUE that is for Sale from their shop.  https://store.bobmizerfoundation.org/products/physique-pictorial-v46