Dedicated to the published work of Harrison Marks & other prominent photographers of the 1950's, 60's and early 70's. Along with popular glamour models such as June Palmer, Pamela Green, Dawn Grayson and others
Sylvia Bayo on the cover of the ‘Super Blackbird Special’ Exotic No.7 published by Pennine Magazines and distributed by David Gold.
A bit politically incorrect today by giving it a sub-heading ‘Blackbird Special’, but hey that is what she is a very special black bird or ebony babe, which ever you wish to use. There are also 6 images of Gerry Brown and one of Sue Bond at the end, so a mixture of black and white in the end :)
Another shot of Valerie Jones from The Fabulous Valerie Jones published by Gold Star publications. This shot appeared on P23 and shows Valerie and reflection sat with her feet in the bath. Taken by Harrison Marks, this setting of the sunken bath, marble walls and mirrors has appeared many times before, with June Palmer and Britt Hampshire also putting the sunken bath to good use. :)
This has to be one of the most explicit shots I’ve ever seen of Sylvia McFarland! As a big fan, I’ve pretty much seen everything that’s been published of Sylvia, but most are tame compared to this. Normally you get nude shots of her showing off her big tits and hairy pussy in various poses, but rarely a shot of her actually spreading open herself like this! I’m not complaining as I love it, just unusual to see.
This comes from a set published in the 1977 publication Bad, Bold & Black Vol.1 No.1 and the title says it all. I do wonder what made do such an explicit set for her, as previously she’d always stayed away from this type of pose.
Thanks to Spruce for sharing this fabulous set of Sylvia, as always appreciated. :)
Revisiting this shot of Anna Verdi posing at a bar with a rather badly placed soda dispenser in the way! Taken by Harrison Marks, this image was published in Femme No.11 P3 (1968).
I have also included a link for members to the original medium format version I have in my collection of negatives. This shows the full un-cropped version, which in my opinion is better than the one in Femme. The quality and clarity is much better, and you see much more. :)
An appropriate title to this image of an unknown model photographed by Harrison Marks for Kamera No.7 (1958). The tiger skin rug seems to be a prominent feature throughout this early edition of Kamera, not that it really distracts from the key focus on the image. For those geeks amongst us, the title is a reference back to The Amazing Spider-Man No.42 (November 1966) and the introduction of Mary Jane Watson (MJ). Who makes her first appearance in this comic and utters these words to Peter Parker/Spider-man when they first meet. It has become something of a catchphrase for the character.
Another small piece of trivia about me, is that I also used to collect comic books from the early 1960s onwards, including Spider-man. My collection exceeds over 6000 different comics and titles and if sold could buy the wife a new kitchen, but don’t tell her that!
Helga Berkmann on the cover of Girl Illustrated Vol.3 No.26 (1969), with a different shot from this set also appearing in GI Vol.4 No.39 (1970). Normally I’d have passed this by without a second glance, but she also posed for Harrison Marks and was on my list of unknown Models. I posted this original shot of her back in 2015 from my negative collection and have several others of her as well.
Like many models back then she appeared in numerous publications such as Escort, Fiesta, Carnival, GI and more and all with various alterations to her name. The main name that appears seems to be Helga Berk/Berkmann, but she also appeared as Helga Nolan and Mara Osterman in Mayfair. The shots by GHM and in GI have her wearing a short wig, but it seems her actual hair is slightly longer and blonde.
Ann Austin as Jean Tudor from the restored colour centre pages of Follies Magazine. I have no idea why she is named Jean Tudor in this article other than the Americans thought it was very English to use the Tudor name? Regardless of the name, Ann looks stunning in long open négligée!
The cover of Cover Girl No.25 from the mid 1960s and featuring a different view than you would normally find on this type of publication. These European publications normally heavily feature models with a full on bush, popular in Europe at the time. This edition is one of the few to feature a shaven model on the cover and within, and rather nice she is! Plus, you wouldn’t get such an open and explicit cover on a magazine like this in the UK.
I also published a different bi-coloured view of this model here.
I’m trying to build up a collection of both Cover Girl and Exciting magazines, but they are hard to find in good condition. So far I’ve managed to acquired 7 editions of Cover Girl, 5 of Modern Girls and 10 editions of Exciting, including the very rare No.1. Still more to go but slowly getting there! :)
A magazine cover, but not quite what it seems! As followers will know, I have a collection of European magazines published by Nordisk Bladcentral in the late 1960s. These were Cover Girl and Exciting and featuring some more open and expressive models by the likes of Serge Jacques & Belorgery. Exciting published 32 editions in total, but is now very hard to find.
Above is not a missing edition, but a new cover created by me. The image is one of my originals, but I’ve recreated the cover, including the title logo and font. A bit of fun, and I’m sure if I had a few more hours I could recreate an authentic version of a full magazine. Especially with the amount of images and content I have in my collection.
Louise Worth sat posing on a four-poster bed from Kamera No.80 cover (1967) by Harrison Marks. The four-poster bed was actually in a bedroom at Ewhurst Manor. It seems to appear in other shoots, including a set featuring Margaret Nolan and others. :)
The Kamera Club 