Physique Pictorial V11N01 [August 1961] book highlighting the exploration of personal

highlighting the exploration of personal liberation and the rejection of societal restrictions

Hope Emerson (1897 – 1960) was an American actress

Many women were drawn to Muscle Beach to train and perform acrobatics alongside men

It reflects the spirit of liberation and the expanding freedom of expression that characterized the late 1960s

RON O'BRIEN

Physique Pictorial V11N01 [August 1961] book highlighting the exploration of personalThe 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