ABOUT MY SCANNING PROJECT: Bringing Historic Fit And Fabulous Photos Out Of The Archives And Onto The Internet By Bill Dobbins THE BODYPHOTOGRAPHER http://www.gofundme.com/fhu600 A quality scan of Laura Creavalle done for a book. Unfortunately, too many in my files don’t look this good. “What exactly do you mean by scanning?” Somebody who has always… Read More SCANNING PHOTOS OF FIT AND FABULOUS FEMALES
Bodybuilding for women is a shockingly novel development in our world. “Something new under the sun.” And a phenomenon that has deep implications to our view of the female body, sexuality, gender and a host of sociological, philosophical and health implications. As women bodybuilders have continued to evolve and create more muscular bodies since they… Read More BODYBUILDING FOR WOMEN AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION
FREE PHOTOS ARE LIKE FREE ADVICE: EASY TO COME BY, NOT WORTH MUCH If you have ambitions that require some kind of marking or promotion using photographs, unless your photos are good enough you are essentially wasting your time. If you rely on getting photos for free from somebody who is a camera owner… Read More FREE PHOTOS ARE LIKE FREE ADVICE…
Anyone who follows fashion knows how specifically things like clothing, hair or even make-up change over time. When a model was shot in the 1980s or 1960s, for example, you can often tell so at a glance. And that becomes even more evident when you are dealing with the 30s, the 20s or even earlier.… Read More THE BODY AS FASHION
THE CHALLENGE OF PRINT MAGAZINES In this age of diminishing sales of print magazines, it makes sense for publications to try and maximize the audience for their publications. But most of the physique/bodybuilding magazines have ignored a potentially very large group of readers – the thousands of women all over the world who compete in… Read More MAGAZINES MISS OUT ON FIT AND FABULOUS FEMALES
I’ve always loved photographs of great bodies shot against a background of some sort of dramatic landscape – mountains, desert, lave-strewn beaches. Outdoor location images of Steve Reeves or Arnold Schwarzenegger. High fashion photos shot in the Himalayas or Africa. Edward Weston’s nudes at Oceano Dunes. For me, extraordinary bodies and landscapes go together. I’d… Read More FIGURES IN THE LANDSCAPE
(This post contains nude images, but no adult content.) The camera was invented in the early 1830s and the next day some guy asked a woman he knew to pose without her clothes on. And undressed photos of women have proliferated ever since. I say undressed (or naked) rather “nudes” because here is a big… Read More PHOTOGRAPHING NUDES
Amber Deluca FEMALE MUSCLE: THE SHOCK OF THE NEW Not just another social trend, but a cultural revolution! By Bill Dobbins Although I do a variety of different kinds of photography – advertising, fashion, lifestyle and such – my fine art work (and my two fine art books) are on the subject of the aesthetically developed… Read More FEMALE MUSCLE – SHOCK OF THE NEW
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