Bill Dobbins

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Bill Dobbins (born 1943) is an American photographer who specializes in bodybuilding, physique and fitness photography. In particular, Dobbins is well known for his work in photographing female bodybuilders and has published two books of images on the subject, The Women{{cite book |author=Dobbins, Bill |title=The Women: Photographs of the Top Female Bodybuilders |publisher=Eating Well Books |year=1994 |isbn=1-885183-01-1 }} and Modern Amazons.{{cite book |author=Dobbins, Bill |title=Modern Amazons |publisher=Taschen |location=Köln |year=2002 |isbn=3-8228-1291-9 }}

Dobbins was associated with Ben Weider and bodybuilding organizations such as the IFBB and NPC.{{cite web |title=BIOGRAPHY AND CREDITS |url=//www.billdobbins.com/PUBLIC/pages/bio1.html |work=BILL DOBBINS |access-date=11 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000304015645/http://www.billdobbins.com/PUBLIC/pages/bio1.html |archive-date=March 4, 2000 }}

Dobbins is also an author and writer for physique magazines. He has collaborated with Arnold Schwarzenegger on several books, including Arnold's Bodybuilding For Men{{cite book |author1=Dobbins, Bill |author2=Schwarzenegger, Arnold |title=Arnold's Bodybuilding for men |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York |year=1981 |isbn=0-671-25613-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/arnoldsbodybuild00schw|url-access=registration }} and The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding.{{cite book |author=Schwarzenegger, Arnold |title=The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding : The Bible of Bodybuilding, Fully Updated and Revised |publisher=Simon & Schuster |location=New York |year=1999 |isbn=0-684-85721-9 }}