MY NEW GALLERY ASSOCIATION I have consciously been doing fine art photos of aesthetically muscular female physiques for decades. I would quite often ask myself how a given image would look on the wall of a museum or gallery. Over time my photos have been exhibited in two museums, a half dozen galleries and been… Read More MY FEMALE PHYSIQUE PHOTOS AS FINE ART
PROMOTING AND PUBLICIZING AESTHETIC FEMALE MUSCLE A New Approach To Promotion and Public Relations For The New Breed of Beautiful Muscle Women By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbins.com ENTER THE REVOLUTION There has been a revolution in our culture in how we view the female physique. Nowadays more and more women – including models and actresses –… Read More PROMOTING AND PUBLICIZING AESTHETIC FEMALE MUSCLE
MS. OLYMPIA LENDA MURRAY: Her Career As A Promoter By Bill Dobbins Eight Time Ms. Olympia Lenda Murray was a competitive track athlete before she became a professional bodybuilder. So she is highly aware that the nature of sport is that it is progressive – that is, records are made to be broken, performances will… Read More MS. OLYMPIA LENDA MURRAY: Her Career As A Promoter
WINGS OF STRENGTH: Hope And Promise By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbins.com It is unfortunate but true that IFBB professional bodybuilding for women is going through a low period. Female bodybuilding categories have been eliminated both from the Olympia and the Arnold Weekend – for no particularly good reason. So this has left pro women bodybuilders with a… Read More WINGS OF STRENGTH: Hope And Promise
FEMALE MUSCLE: Where Feminism Has Failed Women By Bill Dobbins http://www.billdobbins.com The progress that women, primarily in western culture, have made since the latter half of the 19th century is amazing. This is especially evident when you look at the status of women in parts of the world that have not gone through this evolutionary… Read More FEMALE MUSCLE: Where Feminism Has Failed Women
NATURE OF REVOLUTION I read an interesting quote in a book recently: “It would hardly be a revolution if everyone agreed with it at the beginning, would it?” This applies to most areas of our culture, from taste and social conventions, fashion, psychology and even medicine and scientific knowledge. This especially applies to my photos… Read More MY PHOTOS: REAL REVOLUTION TAKES TIME
My photo studio is located in Los Angeles. I have wonderful photo locations easily available including the beach, mountains and deserts not too many miles away. This is why I encourage those who want the best possible photos to come to book photo session and come here to L.A. I get asked a lot if… Read More SHOOTING PHOTOS IN LOS ANGELES
THE AGE OF FREE PORN We live in an age of free porn on the Internet and any magazines should keep this in mind when they are thinking about publishing photos of sexy women to attract readers. Penthouse went out of business at one point trying to chase the Internet in terms of erotic content.… Read More “GIRLIE” PHOTOS AND FAILING FITNESS MAGAZINES
A NEW ARCHETYPE When Pumping Iron author Charles Gaines first saw women bodybuilders in the late 1970s he declared they represented a “new archetype” – a kind of body never seen before in any culture anywhere in the world at any time in history. Women who develop their muscles for aesthetic purposes are “something new… Read More WHY AESTHETIC FEMALE MUSCLE IS IMPORTANT
A CRISIS POINT Bodybuilding for women seems to have reached a crisis point in its development, at least at the pro level. Female bodybuilding has been removed from the Ms. International competition and this seems to be a threat that extends to other IFBB pro events. The International Federation of Bodybuilders seems to feel there is… Read More THE GROWING PAINS OF FEMALE BODYBUILDING
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