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Volume 60 (Spring 2022)

"Mano Martinez: Arriving

In the 1940s when he posed for Bob Mizer

"Karlheinz Weinberger

1000 Model Directory [1957] tshirts like chess or volleyballThe 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