Bob mizer biography



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    Bob Mizer

    American photographer and filmmaker

    Robert Henry Mizer (March 27, 1922 – May 12, 1992)[1] was an American photographer and filmmaker, known for pushing boundaries of depicting male homoerotic content with his work in the mid 20th century.[2]

    Biography

    Bob Mizer's earliest photographs appeared in 1942, in both color and black and white.

    He began his photography career apprenticing with former silent film star Frederick Kovert, who operated a physique studio in Hollywood.[3]

    In spite of societal expectations and pressure from law enforcement, Mizer built a veritable empire on his beefcake photographs and films.

    He established the influential studio, the Athletic Model Guild (AMG) in 1945, but by the time he published the first issue of Physique Pictorial he was operating the studio on his own at his home near downtown Los Angeles.

    He photographed thousands of men, building a collection that includes nearly two million different imag