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Delmonteque's legacy continues to inspire fitness enthusiasts and bodybuilding competitors today
" Physique Pictorial 61 (Summer 2022): 54–63
A 96 page 8-1/2 by 11 inch paperback book of male nude photography
Guissi's boldness and willingness to embrace nudity reflect the changing attitudes towards the human body and sexuality during that time
” Physique Pictorial 42 (Autumn 2017): 44–51
Physique Pictorial V39N01 [January 1986] V52 Delmonteque's legacy continues to inspireThe 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