Physique Pictorial V09N01 [July 1959] Artworks for Sale The prevailing censorship of the

The prevailing censorship of the time imposed strict limitations on the representation of non-normative sexualities

BILL HAUGH

"Frederick Kovert

Mizer writes in that year

LARRY NAVIS

Physique Pictorial V09N01 [July 1959] Artworks for Sale The prevailing censorship of theThe 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