Toned, tanned and rippling with muscles, these body builders present a whole new face of female beauty.
The eye-catching gallery is a collection of some of the world’s top female body builders, captured by photographer Martin Schoeller.
He said: “‘I am trying to show the vulnerability that I see and feel in the subjects when I am with them, to get to the complex emotions behind a mask of extreme physical expression.
“These women mirror our modern cultural hunger for size, aggression, and attention at any cost. We are in the age of Bigness."
Schoeller has photographed Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Angelina Jolie and George Clooney, among many others.
For more on Schoeller's work visit here. To buy this collection of images visit Pond Press.
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Toned, tanned and rippling with muscles, these body builders present a whole new face of female beauty.
The eye-catching gallery is a collection of some of the world’s top female body builders, ...
Toned, tanned and rippling with muscles, these body builders present a whole new face of female beauty.
The eye-catching gallery is a collection of some of the world’s top female body builders, ...
The amount of fat loss and muscle gain that these women practise to attain makes them into pseudo-men, no matter how much make-up they use. Testosterone is the male hormone, they're producing it in shedloads. Who's kidding who that these people are in any way representative of 'womanhood'? As for beauty, well, there are some great looking Trannys and some very beautiful men, who are not in the least bit feminine. There is some grotesque, dark beauty here, but at such a price, I really don't like it.
Choppersangel: The amount of fat loss and muscle gain that these
Fascinating, really. To each their own, and I wouldn't mind walking with one of these gals down a scary street. But pretty? It's a different kind of beauty to be sure. I wonder, does this sport prematurely age a girl? They all look kind of leathery.
Christine_Belon: Fascinating, really. To each their own, and I wouldn't mind
The old saying "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder." Not this beholder. These women look hard, aged, rough, and well...........like a cave woman might have looked. Nothing feminine about these women.
kaddison2001: The old saying "Beauty is in the eyes of the
OH! Wow! Very well built and extremely muscled. If the myth about the Amazon women looks anything like them, whoa! No wonder, they are a legend to behold!
Wanda_Leigh_Cole_Garner: OH! Wow! Very well built and extremely muscled. If the
Beauty is surely in the eyes of the beholder. I can't seem to see the beauty that is being portrayed here! They all look like men trying to pass themselves off as woman sorry to say, but they do.
BimrGirl: Beauty is surely in the eyes of the beholder. I
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Huffington Post UK Sara C Nelson First Posted: 05/03/2012 17:40 Updated: 15/06/2012 14:13