Brian Moss
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In the early Eighties I opened Better Bodies gym in my home-town, New York City. My gym quickly attracted local bodybuilders, and I became an active participant in the birth of women’s bodybuilding.
I have trained top women in the sport. Many remain close friends and my experience with them have afforded me a level of trust and intimacy that these women do not usually allow, let alone with a camera.
In 1997 I picked up a camera for the first time since childhood and casually started to photograph the leading competitors in the bodybuilding and fitness world.
My images are unguarded, honest and voyeuristic. Whether they capture backstage scenes at the Ms. Olympia or private moments in a hotel room hours before the competitor steps out on stage, these images are imbued with an intimacy that had never been seen before.
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I was trolling around Facebook when I saw your photo of Jen Chamberlain; and saw your credit. I asked if it was the same Moss of Better Bodies; I trolled around and saw your photo website. Not for the faint of heart, but beautful, edgy, arresting, striking, pensive, zen-like. I remember attending some Pre-Olympia event show at your gym. Denise Paglia and some others of her genre were around. You were very polite to me, a perfect stranger, not really a “fitness star” and not a member of your gym; we made some small talk and you graciously invited me to a party you were holding at some club, maybe the Limelight.
I was a hot-shot martial artist at the time; got a feature in Flex, courtesy of the Weiders. Now I teach Tai Chi in Nyack.
Another martial art colleague from twenty years ago just called me today, so I felt compelled to do some “where are they now” stuff. I am glad to see you happy in your manifestation now, Mr. Moss.
Blessings,
Cindy Ming