From daredevils to demigods , cowboys to sailors, there's a prime cut here for everyone. - Out Magazine

According to [Petra] Mason, The hallmark of beefcake is its unaffected playfulness and physicality- qualities in abundance throughout the 256-page hardcover that features 200 color and black-and-white photographs . . . - Frontiers Media

A steamy new book from Petra Mason and published by Universe [at Rizzoli] brings you some of the hottest vintage male imagery from the mid-twentieth century. Called Beefcake , this incredible documentation comes complete with a foreword from drag legend Lady Bunny . - Huffington Post

You Have To Own. A lighthearted celebration of the male physique at its best , this entertaining volume features sporty and wholesome specimens championing the ideal male figure. . . with titles like Peak of Perfection, Swords & Sandals, Dare Devils, Locker Room, Demi Gods, Lonely Sailor, Rugged & Rough, and Gladiator, which you can just about imagine without even seeing (though you must see them. You MUST )! - American Standard Time

For Petra Mason, the editor of Beefcake: 100% Rare, All Natural , published by Rizzoli, trying to track down the [history of beefcake photography] and, more significantly, the holders of the copyrights, turned out to be a bit like falling down a rabbit hole . . . . 'It was an amazing journey in terms of many months of research to try to find the right people.' - Slate.com It is ALL good in this glamorous worship of the athletes who posed for beefcake photos when they were illegal. Today, we can honor them. - Vintage Sleaze

Celebrate the season of rising sap with Beefcake: 100: Rare, All-Natural , a splendid, over-sized collection of male pin-up photography from the 1940s through the 1970s, lovingly curated by cultural historian Petra Mason. . . . there's still a frisson of the forbidden to many of these photos, and a special allure in the models' wholesome, clean-cut appearance and lack of self-absorbed porn-star attitude. - Passport Magazine

Still, it isn't the way these men imitate Greek sculpture that makes these pictures art -- the curve of the models arms, the point of their feet, the splay of their fingers or the firmly rooted placement of their torsos -- it is the way the photos carefully craft eroticism and desire . - Edge Media Network