John Winship and Rocky McCorkle

UPDATED November 30, 2013: Both the photograph of John Winship smiling up at the camera and the one of him with his hands on his hips were taken by Bob Mizer at the Athletic Model Guild.

I especially like the image of Winship holding the sword in front of himself.

Today, while reading the August, 1953 issue of the Athletic Model Guild's Physique Pictorial magazine, I discovered on page 6 another photograph in the series of Winship battling Rocky McCorkle, whom Mizer identifies by name in the caption.

I suspect all of the desert images in this post were taken by Mizer, though I have seen in recently published books these photographs associated with San Francisco-based photographer, Denny Denfield.