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Ammonite Press unveils a series of four picture books, compiled from the archives of the classic girlie magazines, Fiesta and Knave, which celebrates an age when glamour photography strove more for artistic ideals and risqué titillation than the sexually explicit top shelf titles of today. Statuesque models of the 1950s adopted the poses of Greek goddesses, in elaborately styled sets, while their equivalents from the Swinging Sixties displayed a more playful, almost naive innocence. A decade later, the pin-ups of the 1970s, invariably shot in luscious colour and sumptuous sets, offered a more seductive appeal, while the glamour girls of the 1980s became more sexually suggestive in their poses and attire - or lack of it. The bevy of beauties that graces the pages of these four books illustrates the changing faces - and bodies - of the glamour model over four decades, from the demure to the titillating, the seductive to the steamy, the erotic to the raunchy.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A beautiful book in the series, nothing to offend the modern eye, outstanding black and white shots with a similar amount of colour photographs as well, i will admit to some mouthwatering moments as i looked through, this wont be a book that will sit gathering dust on a shelf.
The only issue that i have and feel would of made the book complete would of been some detail if it had been availible, year of picture, models name, measurements etc, but that is a personal issue and does not distratc from the book or what it represents in relation to our ever changing tastes, the more things change the more they stay the same.
The only issue that i have and feel would of made the book complete would of been some detail if it had been availible, year of picture, models name, measurements etc, but that is a personal issue and does not distratc from the book or what it represents in relation to our ever changing tastes, the more things change the more they stay the same.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Worth a look especially considering that you can buy back issues of Fiesta and Knave, where all these photos originally appeared, at ludicrous prices on the net. The three hundred (mostly in colour) photos would be the equivalent of several issues of these two magazines.
Though the title says the 1950s I think the contents really run from the mid-fifties and well into the sixties, Knave magazine wasn't published until 1966. The photos come from the studios of Russell Gay and Harrison Marks and these two seem to have cornered the market back then for this magazine glamour work.
Both photographers had their regular models, especially Marks with Pamela Green. Other names that appear throughout the book are Margaret Nolan and Lorraine Burnett but annoyingly no Paula Page! While not expecting to see anything too strong I thought the photos strangely absent of any kind of tease. The poses are all very predictable and unimaginative, no doubt Gay and Marks churned out what the magazine editors wanted and they in turn thought this is what the readers wanted.
Perhaps the problem was that this was studio photography. Where would these places be without their brick-wall wallpaper, plaster columns, bullfight posters (always torn and stuck up at an angle) bits of bamboo and checker-board backdrops. The models are just placed on these props and told to look coy. In particular they never do anything with their hands.
This style of fake arty studio photography seems encourage a bland slightly sexless appeal unlike the down-market pin-up mags like Spick & Span and Beautiful Britains which really did feature the girl next door with amateur shots of them posing, mostly in their underwear, in the living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms across the country. The fact that there was no nudity in these titles didn't seem to matter. On pages 214 and 215 there are four shots unlike others in the book. They are taken in the countryside with a model and a car that won't start. This situation requires a quick disrobing down to her underwear and heels so she can pose by the car to attract a passing motorist. The whole thing is contrived but seems a lot more teasing than pages and pages of the other photos throughout the book.
The title is a neat square format, nicely designed and printed and excellent value at the Amazon price. The publishers have issued three other decade long glamour titles for the 60s, 70s and 80s.
***LOOK AT SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
Though the title says the 1950s I think the contents really run from the mid-fifties and well into the sixties, Knave magazine wasn't published until 1966. The photos come from the studios of Russell Gay and Harrison Marks and these two seem to have cornered the market back then for this magazine glamour work.
Both photographers had their regular models, especially Marks with Pamela Green. Other names that appear throughout the book are Margaret Nolan and Lorraine Burnett but annoyingly no Paula Page! While not expecting to see anything too strong I thought the photos strangely absent of any kind of tease. The poses are all very predictable and unimaginative, no doubt Gay and Marks churned out what the magazine editors wanted and they in turn thought this is what the readers wanted.
Perhaps the problem was that this was studio photography. Where would these places be without their brick-wall wallpaper, plaster columns, bullfight posters (always torn and stuck up at an angle) bits of bamboo and checker-board backdrops. The models are just placed on these props and told to look coy. In particular they never do anything with their hands.
This style of fake arty studio photography seems encourage a bland slightly sexless appeal unlike the down-market pin-up mags like Spick & Span and Beautiful Britains which really did feature the girl next door with amateur shots of them posing, mostly in their underwear, in the living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms across the country. The fact that there was no nudity in these titles didn't seem to matter. On pages 214 and 215 there are four shots unlike others in the book. They are taken in the countryside with a model and a car that won't start. This situation requires a quick disrobing down to her underwear and heels so she can pose by the car to attract a passing motorist. The whole thing is contrived but seems a lot more teasing than pages and pages of the other photos throughout the book.
The title is a neat square format, nicely designed and printed and excellent value at the Amazon price. The publishers have issued three other decade long glamour titles for the 60s, 70s and 80s.
***LOOK AT SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Incredibly soft
17 Jan 2011
Worth a look as the photos here are typical examples of pin-ups that appeared in two popular soft adult magazines from Britain. The three hundred, mostly in color, appeared in Knave and Fiesta. Though the title says the 1950s I think the contents really run from the mid-fifties and well into the sixties, Knave magazine wasn't published until 1966. The photos come from the studios of Russell Gay and Harrison Marks and these two seem to have cornered the market back then for this British magazine glamor work.
Both photographers had their regular models, especially Marks with Pamela Green. Other names that appear throughout the book are Margaret Nolan and Lorraine Burnett but annoyingly no Paula Page! While not expecting to see anything too strong I thought the photos strangely absent of any kind of tease. The poses are all very predictable and unimaginative, no doubt Gay and Marks churned out what the magazine editors wanted and they in turn thought this is what the readers wanted.
Perhaps the problem was that this was studio photography. Where would these places be without their brick-wall wallpaper, plaster columns, bullfight posters (always torn and stuck up at an angle) bits of bamboo and checker-board backdrops. The models are just placed on these props and told to look coy. In particular they never do anything with their hands.
This style of fake arty studio photography seems to encourage a bland rather sexless appeal unlike the down-market digest-size pin-up mags like Spick & Span and Beautiful Britains which really did feature the English girl next door with amateur shots of them posing, mostly in their underwear, in the living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms across the country. The fact that there was no nudity in these titles didn't seem to matter. On pages 214 and 215 there are four shots unlike others in the book. They are taken in the countryside with a model and a car that won't start. This situation requires a quick disrobing down to her underwear and heels so she can pose by the car to attract a passing motorist. The whole thing is contrived but seems a lot more teasing than pages and pages of the studio photos throughout the title.
The book is a neat square format, nicely designed and printed and excellent value at the Amazon price. The publishers have issued three other decade long glamor titles for the 60s, 70s and 80s and I expect the photos are just as bland.
***LOOK AT SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
Both photographers had their regular models, especially Marks with Pamela Green. Other names that appear throughout the book are Margaret Nolan and Lorraine Burnett but annoyingly no Paula Page! While not expecting to see anything too strong I thought the photos strangely absent of any kind of tease. The poses are all very predictable and unimaginative, no doubt Gay and Marks churned out what the magazine editors wanted and they in turn thought this is what the readers wanted.
Perhaps the problem was that this was studio photography. Where would these places be without their brick-wall wallpaper, plaster columns, bullfight posters (always torn and stuck up at an angle) bits of bamboo and checker-board backdrops. The models are just placed on these props and told to look coy. In particular they never do anything with their hands.
This style of fake arty studio photography seems to encourage a bland rather sexless appeal unlike the down-market digest-size pin-up mags like Spick & Span and Beautiful Britains which really did feature the English girl next door with amateur shots of them posing, mostly in their underwear, in the living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms across the country. The fact that there was no nudity in these titles didn't seem to matter. On pages 214 and 215 there are four shots unlike others in the book. They are taken in the countryside with a model and a car that won't start. This situation requires a quick disrobing down to her underwear and heels so she can pose by the car to attract a passing motorist. The whole thing is contrived but seems a lot more teasing than pages and pages of the studio photos throughout the title.
The book is a neat square format, nicely designed and printed and excellent value at the Amazon price. The publishers have issued three other decade long glamor titles for the 60s, 70s and 80s and I expect the photos are just as bland.
***LOOK AT SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing
14 May 2011
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This and the two companion volumes, 1970's and 1960's, are disappointing. There are no references to the models, there names, or whne the photographs were shot. Especially the 1960's and 70's look more like modern pictures, of modern women taken in the "style" of the earlier decades. I was expecting real models from those times with references to who they are.
Glamour: 20th Century Pin-Ups (Ammonite Press)
29 April 2011
Glamour. The definition of the word changes from year to year, decade to decade. That is why the photos depicted in this Glamour series from Ammonite are so revealing. By chronicling the development of the field from the 50's through the 80's, the editors of this collection have assembled a montage of photos that span everything from changing hair styles to body sculpting to sexual mores that showcase the evolution of adult glamour photography over the last half-century.
Compiled from the archives of gentlemen's magazines like Fiesta and Knave, this four-volume Glamour series begins in the wake of the photography shops of Holywell Street in London where sexy daguerreotypes led to postcards and eventually magazines depicting the type of sexy pin-up girls depicted in these pages. Photographers Russell Gay and George Harrison Marks became the leading lights on the scene and are the basis for much of what came later and is captured in these four volumes.
Compared to the days of the internet, these photographs harken back, not so long ago, but to a more innocent time, when shots left more to the imagination while utilizing models, that for lack of modern day technology, were of the 100% natural look. The evolution is apparent as we move from the innocent 50s (B&W) to the revolutionary 60's to the experimental 70's to the polished 80's much the way we see the cross section of time taking its effect in the recently reviewed Playboy hard drive compilation spanning 50 years. And while the women featured here are not trying to be the quintessential American playboy look - they are very British in nature - and seem much more realistic given the times in which they lived.
What's funny, is that the more things change, the more they stay the same and while settings, lighting styles, hairdos and make up may change over time, the attitude of the models shown herein is as comely in the 50's as it is in the 80's, showing perhaps that you can update the facade with modernity of the times, but the inner beauty remains about the same throughout.
Compiled from the archives of gentlemen's magazines like Fiesta and Knave, this four-volume Glamour series begins in the wake of the photography shops of Holywell Street in London where sexy daguerreotypes led to postcards and eventually magazines depicting the type of sexy pin-up girls depicted in these pages. Photographers Russell Gay and George Harrison Marks became the leading lights on the scene and are the basis for much of what came later and is captured in these four volumes.
Compared to the days of the internet, these photographs harken back, not so long ago, but to a more innocent time, when shots left more to the imagination while utilizing models, that for lack of modern day technology, were of the 100% natural look. The evolution is apparent as we move from the innocent 50s (B&W) to the revolutionary 60's to the experimental 70's to the polished 80's much the way we see the cross section of time taking its effect in the recently reviewed Playboy hard drive compilation spanning 50 years. And while the women featured here are not trying to be the quintessential American playboy look - they are very British in nature - and seem much more realistic given the times in which they lived.
What's funny, is that the more things change, the more they stay the same and while settings, lighting styles, hairdos and make up may change over time, the attitude of the models shown herein is as comely in the 50's as it is in the 80's, showing perhaps that you can update the facade with modernity of the times, but the inner beauty remains about the same throughout.
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