The handsome Bob Jensen by AMG.
I'm surprised this is my first posting of Mr. Jensen. Whenever I see his photos I recall that he was 18 or 19 years old and was a little hesitant (shy) to pose wearing almost nothing at all. But his mother had big plans for her boy and convinced him to go to AMG. Actually, she did more than convince him, she took him there herself and introduced him to Mizer.
Mizer found Mrs Jensen quite charming and he was impressed enough to put Jensen on the cover of Physique Pictorial Vol. XVI No. 1 (Dec, 1966).
Updated. See comments from Photoplay. Turns out, Jensen posed for Mizer in 1950! I'm going to follow up with more photos and some additional background information in the near future.
Did Bob Jensen ever make any short films for Bob Mizer.?
ReplyDeleteNot that I'm aware of.
DeleteBob Jensen’s AMG album/catalogue was scheduled for publication in December 1950.
ReplyDeleteThat 1950 date doesn't make sense.
DeleteJensen posed in the 1950's and Mizer finally featured some of the photos in PP's 1966 issue. Mizer even mentions in that issue that Jensen's photos were taken some time ago, and that Jensen's mother had passed away. -Rj
DeleteStrength and Health ran two photos from Jensen’s AMG sessions in December 1950.
DeleteHis earliest appearance in Physique Pictorial looks like 1954, but Strength and Health ran an ad for his AMG album early in 1951.
DeleteI should have known not to doubt you Photoplay. I did some research on my own and discovered you're right. One site mentioned his photos appeared in Strength & Health, but offered no dates. Thanks for details!
DeleteAbsolutely, James! I’m interested in the very early AMG, and I have tried to get a handle on the order in which the studio produced (and issued) its work. Mizer published some work over and over, no doubt because the look for men didn’t change all that much until the late 1960s.
DeleteHis MOTHER? Sheesh. Kinda weird, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteThat's nothing. JOHN HAMILL the British Actor and physique model was forced by his Mother to go see John Barrington on his 18th Birthday. The Mom told her son that he would pose nude for Barrington if he wanted to have a home to live in. Mom had it all planned out and told Barrington that JOHN would do as he wanted. JOHN was posing at full mast for Barrington almost immediately. It earned HAMILL a considerable gay following, which is still visible on the internet today.
ReplyDeleteBud Counts was another who was encouraged by his mother to pose for the camera. -Rj
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