Magnum Editions: Arnold Schwarzenegger, LA, 1977 Danny Lyon

Magnum Editions: Arnold Schwarzenegger, LA, 1977 Danny LyonThomas Hoepkers 1977 portrait of Arnold Schwarzenegger highlights the Austrian born bodybuilder at the peak of his competitive career, just before his transition into global stardom. Shot from behind, with Schwarzenegger flexing his biceps in a classic double arm pose, the image emphasizes symmetry, mass, and definition the hallmarks of professional bodybuilding in the Golden Era of Venice Beach gyms and Muscle Beach culture. By 1977, Schwarzenegger

reproduces a selection of the responses that were submitted alongside a signed 6 x 4 inch photograph Meiselas chose to contribute

Book and print signed by artist

and there isn’t a single photograph in which he appears looking at the camera

As he says

“They were both terrific… Maybe people just were more relaxed back then

but sometimes he would grab some papers

colonialism

Latin America's longest civil war ended in 1996

American singer Nina Simone at the L'Olympia concert hall

There he captured images of the time he spent with the Black Panthers across the country in the early 1960s

This vintage poster preserves the image in elegant simplicity

I uncovered my own feelings of failure