Saturday, 3 May 2008, The Independent, London

Popeye biceps, rippling six-packs, and supernaturally dark tans: these pumped-up people have trained for a Scandinavian bodybuilding contest by shaking off every last ounce of fat. But even if you admire their commitment, it is hard not to recoil in confusion at such asexual specimens.

It was this reaction – something between respect and disgust – which prompted the Danish photographer Joachim Ladefoged to photograph this slew of hard-bodies. He took a mixture of black and white and colour photography at the Danish Bodybuilding Championship in 2001 and similar events in the ensuing years, underexposing the subjects to make them appear darker still. The resulting snaps are assembled in a book, Mirror (the title a nod to his models’ narcissism), to be published later this year.

‘Mirror’ by Joachim Ladefoged is published by Ajour, priced £33. Buy it online at viiphoto.com or forlagetajour.dk

Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Christopher M
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If you are not reading LoriBraunBlog.com, you are missing Lori’s private collection and archives of female muscle bodybuilding photos from the 1980’s through today.

Here is the direct link to the gallery from which this photograph was taken

Posted on April 29th, 2008 by Christopher M
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My Finnish is very bad. Stumbled across this extensive Finnish female muscle website via sexymusclegirls.

So, according to the Urban Dictionary, Pakkotoisto “is Finland’s biggest and most popular discussion board about weightlifting and bodybuilding. Founded in 2002 by Mike and Tomi, Pakkotoisto has rapidly gained much of publicity and a huge amount of users. Moderating has always been very strict in Pakkotoisto and that’s one of the many reasons why it has become so popular.”

Posted on April 27th, 2008 by Christopher M
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VIEW RETRO GALLERY

A blast from our Homegrown past, the amazing Susanne Bock.

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by Adam Lea
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While certainly not for everyone, this deviantART profile features tributes to the muscular female in a variety of media - photographs, drawings, etc.

It’s worth a look…

Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by Lori Braun
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Talk about an abundance of riches, I also got some new pics from Christy Donat today :-)

Click the pics above to view the gallery…

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Lori Braun
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Kate Kyptova sent me some new pictures today. She looks amazing as usual.

Photo Credit: Ondrej Cecetka

Click the photos above to see more…

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Lori Braun
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This is a huge collection of pictures submitted to Femalemuscle by our friends and fans that you won’t find anywhere else!

Click a name to launch the gallery in a new window - Click CLOSE WINDOW to return to this page

Nadia Alterio
Fabi Antoine
Maree Armstaed
Grilli Artionella
Joanne Bailey
Tina Banta
Natalie Barnett
Alti Bautista
Elena Belous
Karen Bock
Tammy Boesch
Sherry Boudreau
Mimi Bowman
Glenda Bozett
Glenda Bozett 2
Glenda Bozett 3
Sheri Brown
Carla Cabau
Vilma Caez
Cassie Gray
Sherie Cave
Karen Christman
Cynthia Brown

Click Read More below to see dozens more Homegrown galleries

Read more…

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Lori Braun
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From Lori’s Blog - a great gallery of Jen Hendershott

Click image for gallery

Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Lori Braun
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