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Bob Mizer Museum and Photographic Archives

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Bob Mizer Foundation is now the Bob Mizer Museum and Photographic Archives

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Bob Mizer Foundation Announces Name Change to Bob Mizer Museum and Photographic Archives Reflecting Expanded Mission as a Museum, Archive, and Research Institution SAN FRANCISCO – September 16, 2025 -- The Bob Mizer...

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Stuart Sandford: In Youth Is Pleasure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Drawing from his recently released monograph Stuart Sandford XXX, this exhibition offers a stunning selection of photographs...

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Instant Gratification: A Visual Anthropology in Reed Massengill’s Archive

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Drawing from Reed Massengill’s disarming and playful photographs of all-American men at their most candid, this exhibit...

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Mapping Queer America: A Conversation with Gina Gatta and Jim Gladstone on the Legacy of the Damron Guides

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bob Mizer Foundation Presents: Mapping Queer America: A Conversation with Gina Gatta and Jim Gladstone on the Legacy of the...

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Discovering Dureau: A Conversation with George Dureau biographer Howard Smith and photographer, Becket Logan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bob Mizer Foundation Presents: Discovering Dureau: A Conversation with George Dureau Biographer Howard Smith and Photographer...

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Beyond Symmetry: George Dureau's Celebrations of the Human Form

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This exhibition presents 25 evocative black-and-white portraits by George Dureau, capturing the resilience and vulnerability of...

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Foundation names research study space in honor of James Lynn Williams

SAN FRANCISCO – October 10, 2024 -- The Bob Mizer Foundation announces the naming of its third-floor Rare Books & Special Collections Study Room as...

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PROGENY: NEW VISIONS OF THE CLASSICAL FORM

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PROGENY: New Visions of the Classical Form

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, CA - The Bob Mizer Foundation is proud to announce its upcoming exhibition, "PROGENY: NEW VISIONS OF THE...

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Boxing Clever

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Athleticism, desire intersect in new BMF exhibit on 20th-century boxers

SAN FRANCISCO – September 3, 2024 -- The Bob Mizer Foundation is thrilled to present Boxing Clever: Pugilistic Power and Visual Desire from the...

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