Helmut Newton, Lisa Lyon 02 Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #244

Lisa Lyon in her Studio, Venice, California, 1981
Helmut Newton, Australian/German, 1920–2004
Lisa Lyon in her Studio, Venice, California, 1981
Gelatin silver print
22.38 x 14.94 in. (56.85 x 37.95 cm.)
Private collection

Lisa Lyon (born 1953) is a female bodybuilder and photo model from the United States, and is regarded as one of female bodybuilding’s pioneers.

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1953. Lisa Lyon studied art at the University of California at Los Angeles. There she became accomplished in the Japanese art of fencing, kendo, but found herself lacking sufficient upper body strength so she began weight training. This eventually led her into bodybuilding…

 

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