Bill Dobbins
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Bill Dobbins is an American photographer who specializes in bodybuilding, physique and fitness photography. In particular Dobbins is well known for his work in photographing female bodybuilders and has published two books of images on the subject, The Women (ISBN 1-885183-01-1) and Modern Amazons (ISBN 3-8228-1291-9).
Dobbins also credits his past association with Ben Weider and bodybuilding organizations such as the IFBB and NPC in helping to write the rules for female bodybulding. * [1]
Dobbins is also an author and writer for physique magazines. He has collaborated with Arnold Schwarzenegger on several books, including Arnold's Bodybuilding For Men (ISBN 0-671-25613-0) and The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding (ISBN 0-684-85721-9).
[edit] Career and history
After working in Europe predominantly in the music industry, Dobbins returned to America to embark on a career in broadcasting at NBC and KABC radio in New York, before eventually moving to California where he became involved with the original Gold's Gym.
During this period Dobbins got to know several male bodybuilders such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, and undertook promotional photographic work for the gym. This attracted the attention of Joe Weider, and Dobbins began writing for Flex magazine.
[edit] Internet
Dobbins runs a web site, which has galleries of his photographic work of female bodybuilders and fitness contestants.
Dobbins can often be found on the Usenet group alt.amazon-women.admirers, where his views and arguments on a number of topics have sometimes made him a controversial figure.
