Physique Pictorial V16N02 [April 1967] AMG and fitness enthusiasts

and fitness enthusiasts

2018 - February 28

and the strict dress code was enforced by law

carefully posed portraits of Al Urban and the projected backgrounds and lavish props of Bob Mizer

Physique Pictorial V16N02 [April 1967] AMG and fitness enthusiastsThe father of physique magazines was Bob Mizer (1922 1992). In 1945 Mizer started the Athletic Model Guild in Los Angeles as a modeling agency for male body builders. Mizer, a self taught photographer, recruited and photographed the models, carefully listing their vital statistics along with their real names and ages. Mizer sold his photos by mail, advertising them in men's magazines. By 1951 Mizer's catalog was so extensive that he began to collect