dennis lavia, los angeles, 1962 or 1963

Ed Manning aka Ed Jackson, Athletic Model Guild

Joe Mason photographed by Bob Mizer

Louis Moon ph. Bob Mizer (early 70s) "US Govt PRIME Inspected" tattooed on his left cheek on the right side he has a kissing lips 💋 tattoo

Tom of Finland's drawings featured on the covers for Bob Mizer's Physique Pictorial magazine, from 1957 to 1976

Bob Mizer

Born on this day 102 years ago: pioneering homoerotic photographer, filmmaker, founder of Athletic Model Guild studio and Physique Pictorial magazine, “the Cecil B DeMille of the posing pouch” Bob Mizer (Robert Henry Mizer, 27 March 1922 – 12 May 1992). All these decades later, Mizer’s beautiful, joyous and life-affirming vintage beefcake pin-ups celebrating firm male flesh are STILL widely censored on the internet. (Don’t fall for the faux “progressive” pinkwashing done by the likes of Facebook, Instagram and Tumblr). Last year I visited “A Hard Man is Good to Find!” (billed as “a bold new exhibition charting over 60 years of queer photography of the male physique”) at The Photographer’s Gallery here in London. It featured an actual posing pouch from Athletic Model Guild, sewn by Mizer’s mother, displayed in a glass vitrine. It was like witnessing a sacred religious artifact - like the shroud of Turin! (I took a photo which I really should post sometime!). Pictured: a “safe for social media” shot by Mizer, 1982.

Leonard Chambers in Glass Flask

Bob Mizer, Athletic Model Guild, 1950

Jim Taylor and Clay Ambrose in The Cowboy and the Waiter (1965) dir. Bob Mizer

Athletic Model Guild, 1964

joe napoli by athletic model guild

Dave Wiler, Athletic Model Guild

Bill Parritt and Jack Haworth Lazy Sailor (1961) dir. Bob Mizer

Physique Pictorial magazine by Bob Mizer featured AMG models and artists Tom of Finland, George Quaintance and Etienne (not pictured) [x]

Tom of Finland for Physique Pictorial Vol. 10, No. 4 ─ April 1961

Bob Mizer