"A tale of the Old West, as told by Bob Mizer in the 1950s and retold by me thirty years later. Many of you will know about my long-time fascination with Physique/Beefcake, the muscular farmboys and gas-station attendants of Post-War America who built their bodies and posed oily and barely covered for frequently-persecuted photographers. Bob Mizer’s Athletic Model Guild, Bruce of LA, Douglas of Detroit, Lon of New York, Kovert of Hollywood... a sudden explosion of gay men taking photos of other gay men fascinated teenage me, and I frequently lifted images with as much campy sexiness as possible for my own work. This one was made in my last year at art school in cold, gray Edinburgh, a city as far from mid-century LA shenanigans as can be imagined!" Binnie, July 2023
