Saturday, May 2, 2026

Denny and AMG

Bob Mizer’s original conception for Athletic Model Guild was as a photographers’ cooperative, although little enough remains: I have only encountered one associated photographer (Harlan Helm, about whom Mizer wrote admiringly, and who participated in the very first AMG album). 

There was another, though, one hiding in plain sight. Denny Denfield is often credited as a tagalong photographer, one covering the same shoots as Bob Mizer — the models sometimes naked rather than minimally dressed — but I have come across a couple of Denfield scenes with Mizer models, both of which appear in AMG catalogues.

The earlier one published is in Duke Cannon’s ZA13 catalogue. It is listed there as ZA 84.



The other, from the same session, appears in the first duals catalogue published as such. It is numbered ZF 67.




So the association was real, and at least two Denny Denfields were openly offered for sale (as AMG, but still!).

Tuesday, April 28, 2026