With the ZP13 catalogue, Bob Mizer began to expand the number of sitters showcased beyond the generous bounds of his original conception. The variety catalogues grew in size, in part because new photo sessions were sprinkled between the extra photos for the sitters who made up the album. By the early 1950s, the list of sitters in a catalogue could reach to 60 or so. (As the decade progressed, Mizer seems to have rethought this — the unchecked growth slowed and to some extent was reversed … at least in the catalogue format.)
Joe Gold and Dave Johnson
Mike Powers and Mike Deal
Med alle fysikk modellene hans var Mizer heldig som ikke fikk et mentalt sammenbrudd mens han prøvde å holde styr på dem alle. :\
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I take it by your convention, that the first photo is Joe Gold? I had 2 photos in my collection identified as Victor Romano. I don't know where I got that name for him from.
ReplyDeleteYes, the first of the two is Joe Gold. Gold and Vic Romano are on the same ZP13 catalogue page, and somewhere along the line Gold turned into Romano.
DeleteJoe Gold (1922-2004) founded the original Gold’s Gym in Venice CA 1965, which he sold in 1970 to go back into the merchant marine. (he had served in the US Navy in Ww2 and Korea, he even built the equipment he used at his gym) In 1977 he left the merchant marine and he founded the World Gym chain which he ran until his death in 2004.
ReplyDeleteJoe Gold’s cremains were scattered at sea in 2004 with those of bodybuilder and actor Gordon Mitchell who had died in 2003. Some speculated they were more than just friends.
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Thanks, Rj, good to know!
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