Bob Mizer Photography

Vintage silver print Stamped and inscribed, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture, known for establishing the Athletic Model Guild—the oldest male model photography studio in the United States—and founding the beefcake magazine Physique Pictorial, which featured work of Tom of Finland and George Quaintance, among others. Due to the homoerotic and boundary-pushing nature of Mizer’s work, he had some run-ins with the law, eventually being convicted of the unlawful distribution of obscene material through the U.S. Mail, for which he served nine months in prison. Mizer was incredibly prolific with a portfolio estimated at one million images and thousands of films that include important cultural figures like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andy Warhol’s muse Joe Dallesandro, and artist Jack Pierson, as well as Hollywood actors, body builders, porn stars, and hustlers, influencing artists like David Hockney...

Vintage silver print Titled and inscribed in pencil, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture...

Vintage silver print Stamped, titled, dated, and inscribed, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture, known for establishing the Athletic Model Guild—the oldest male model photography...

Vintage silver print Titled, dated, and inscribed in pencil, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture...

Chromogenic print 3 x 5 inches, sheet This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture...

Gelatin silver print Studio stamp in blue ink, verso Also inscribed with title, date, and numbered in pencil, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture, known for establishing the Athletic Model Guild—the oldest male model photography...

Gelatin silver print Studio stamp in blue ink, verso Also inscribed with title, date, and numbered in pencil, verso This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture, known for establishing the Athletic Model Guild—the oldest male model photography...

Vintage silver print This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Bob Mizer (1922-1992) was a controversial American photographer and filmmaker. The erotic auteur was a pioneer in male portraiture...