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Physique photography is a tradition of photography of nude or semi-nude (usually muscular) men which was largely popular between the early 20th century and the 1960s. Physique photography originated with the physical culture and bodybuilding movements of the early 20th century, but was gradually co-opted by homosexual producers and consumers ...
A 1953 issue of Tomorrow's Man, an early physique magazine ostensibly dedicated to health and bodybuilding. Physique magazines or beefcake magazines were magazines devoted to physique photography—that is, photographs of muscular "beefcake" men—typically young and attractive—in athletic poses, usually in revealing, minimal clothing.
The Athletic Model Guild, or AMG, was a physique photography studio founded by Bob Mizer in December 1945. During those post-war years, United States censorship laws allowed women, but not men, to appear in various states of undress in what were referred to as "art photographs". Mizer began his business by taking pictures of men that he knew.
For many actors and models, shirtless poses are their most revealing, in line with their conservative images. In advertisement, beefcake male models have become a popular ingredient for "spicy" (and often humorous) commercial spots; for example, British pop star Nick Kamen remains most famous for his 1985 beefcake performance in Levi's ...
This is a list of male professional bodybuilders ... Dan Lurie, AAU Mr. America "America's Most Muscular Man" 1942-1946; M. Víctor Martínez, "Dominican Dominator"
Though men were given access to both male and female nudes, women were confined to learning anatomy from casts and models. It was not until 1893 that female students were allowed access to life drawing at the Royal Academy in London, [11] and even then the model was required to be partially draped. [12]
This is a list of male and female British bodybuilders. British can be either citizens of the United Kingdom , islands of British Crown Dependencies , or of one of the British overseas territories can be classed as British.
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.