The modern, muscular female physique is the focus of this collection of fine art photos. In Modern Amazons, Dobbins presents figure studies of women bodybuilders and fitness competitors - the first women in history to develop their muscles for primarily aesthetic purposes. In his colour and b/w pictures, he explores the form and details of these physiques almost as if they were alien landscapes. The photographer has often likened what he does to the work of Ansel Adams - but focused on the aesthetically developed female physique instead of Yosemite and the deserts and mountains of the American Southwest. The text accompanying the photos addresses the meaning and impact of these aesthetically developed women on modern culture. Dobbins explores their significance as the first women in history to look like this (they establish a new cultural paradigm) and considers the meaning that this kind of body has for our society, our knowledge of the physiological possibilities of the female body, the aging process, our sense of the erotic and our expectations as to what is 'feminine' and appropriate to our traditional sense of female gender identity.
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Dobbins presents figure studies of women bodybuilders and fitness competitors with text considering the meaning that this kind of body has for our society, our knowledge of the physiological possibilities of the female body and our sense of the erotic.
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Bill Dobbins is a photographer, writer, and video director. His artistic photographs, especially nudes, first appeared in Joe Weider's Flex Magazine, the world's leading bodybuilding publication. His work has also been featured in numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, including this year's "Picturing The Modern Amazon" exhibition at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. In 1995, Dobbins published The Women: Photographs of the Top Female Bodybuilders (Artisan, NY); he has also written a number of books on bodybuilding training and nutrition and has collaborated with Arnold Schwarzenegger on three books.
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Beautiful photos of beautiful bodies,
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This review is from: Modern Amazons (Specials) (Hardcover)
Inside this book you will find pictures of some of the most beautiful female bodies on the planet. Having said that, muscular women do not appeal to everyone. If Playboy centerfolds are your idea of beauty, then perhaps this book is not for you. But for those who can appreciate the aesthetics of a high performance body, then this book will certainly appeal to you. The modern amazons pictured on these pages are beautiful, in the same way that athletes are beautiful. It is a rare opportunity to see nude pictures of women bodybuilders. If you enjoy looking at muscular women in the nude, then this book is definitely for you.
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Fantastic Photography - Inspiring Subject Matter!!!,
This review is from: Modern Amazons (Specials) (Hardcover)
Modern Amazons is the highly anticipated follow-up to Bill Dobbin's first major publication devoted to the muscular female form - The Women. This new work, featuring the new women of bodybuilding, is sure to please Dobbins' devoted fans. Like its predecessor, Modern Amazons explores its beautiful subject matter with a level of respect bordering on awe, and the splendor, indeed the majesty of these women, is staggering. They are if anything, more impressive, their mass and muscularity more pronounced. And though Dobbins tinkers with a bit of cheesecake and glamour, his real strength is the more artistic approach where the beauty of the subject's body is the centerpiece of the portrait. These are the real gems, and there are enough of these in its 192 pages to make this a truly heroic book.
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