Putting June on a Pedestal!

A young June posing in the studio perched on a stool that was restored from a very damaged colour 35mm slide. There were only two colours left from the slide blown out white and magenta, so the only thing to do was convert it to black and white. Still a great shot of June and her figure and worth sharing even if not colour.

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Sissi’s Significant Other (1968)

I seem to have more uncensored shots of Sissi Mississippi than not.  This may have something to do with the Italian striptease artist coming along later in Harrison Marks career and only arrived in London in 1968 as the last edition of Kamera was being published.  Sissi had a magnificent pussy and being European was reluctant to shave it off, which I’m glad to see.  Apparently she was to appear on the cover and inside of Kamera No.90, but that never happened as 90 never got to the publishers, shame! This shot comes from Nature’s Intention Vol.1 No.2 (1969), one of two publications to feature the models of GHM in all their uncensored glory and almost all sporting some cracking bushes!

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Bobby’s Bush (1969)

There was only ever going to be one title for this post :) and also to celebrate the fact I can show Bobby’s magnificent bush without fear of censorship from big brother now!  Bobby Shaw in all her glory from the pages of Nature’s Intention Vol.1 No.1 (1969), plenty of bush and bark on show in this shot!

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June Palmer – A Tied Squeeze! (Original)

Another image of June squeezing and trying to lick her tits as she’s tied up, wow!  The second of 4 images from this set and all needed restoration as faded down one side, but all are fantastic and I realized she’s wearing the same dress as posted under ‘June & The Short Leather Dress‘. They all come from the same set as ‘Psychedelic Sofa‘, as both contain June wearing the black Basque, show June with her hands bound with rope and feature the psychedelic sofa!

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Spots before Your Eyes With Paula Page (1960)

And we’re back and let’s start with a wonderful shot of the rather magnificent Paula Page and her bountiful boobs on full display from Kamera No.30 (1960).  How could you call this shot anything other than art, just look at the pose, the background and of course the leopardskin rug :)

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Della Fox – A Delightful View

Another delight now in the form of Della Fox and her ample bosom on show as she poses in a bay window at what I assume is Ewhurst Manor, but could be anywhere knowing my recent track record with identifying locations!

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One To Keep You Going! – Julie (1964)

Something to keep you going whilst I sort out the site hosting and a much better view than me ranting :) Julie (Shearing) posing in the living room of GHM’s Gerrard Street flat from Kamera Special No.4 (1964)
Site Update: We’re on the move as I have found some hosting and in the progress of moving the site and content across.  Thankfully all the content and comments was easy to move, but the site design and links work differently so I’m having to check through things! Hopefully I’ll have things up and running in a few days and then the site will be free from the clutches of Google and it’s American puritanism, hypocrisy and draconian views! No offence meant to my American followers :)
I’ll keep you posted and thanks to everyone for all the support you have shown in whatever format over the last few days, it is and always will be appreciated.
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Site Hosting Update

Having slept on and digested the news that I can no longer host The Kamera Club on Google’s free Blogger site due to the content I post I’ve decided the site will continue in some form, but I’m still looking at options.

The reason for doing this site in the first place was for several reasons, I love the subject of glamour photography from back in the 1950’s and 60’s and it still fascinates me today. I want to try and capture this content, the models, magazines and photographers before we lose it and this format is a good way of sharing it with others. I’ve had lots of great feedback and interaction from others that also enjoy the subject now or were part of it back then.  I have made lots of good contacts, that not only provide lots of great information to the site, but original content as well! For all these reasons it seems a shame to stop now.
Now the hard bit! I make no money from the site and do it because I like doing it and want to share the content I have.  A free site made this easy, as I had no overhead costs, other than my time and effort, but now if I want to continue to share the content I need to move the blog and the options I have are:
  • Stop completely – Can’t do it, won’t do it and would be gutted if I had to stop!
  • Use another free hosting site such as Tumblr – I have a matching Tumblr blog for The Kamera Club and it has over 6000 followers, but again it comes back to control. Layout and design is restricted and I again have no control over the content should Tumblr decide it’s unsuitable and delete the account or content!
  • Pay for hosting for a WordPress site – I do this for my Just June site (thanks to a generous donation) and it works well.  I have complete control and freedom to post and do as I wish, the interaction is good and I have great creative control, but at a cost!
Anyway those are my options and I’m moving towards a paid hosted site, but looking at the costing options now.
So a question, would you pay for the content and access to the site? I have always tried to avoid having you to sign up as members to my sites, be it free or paid as I have always believed the content should be free for all to access without restrictions or username and passwords to remember. But would you support the site and keep it free and open with a one off donation?  No fixed fee, just a one off, whatever you can afford payment to help towards the hosting so it can continue?  As you can see with the official Harrison Marks site, even with a one off payment for membership, but restricting content to paid up members the site has struggled and will be closing later this year, a model that I want to avoid.
So what are your thoughts?

If anyone wants to and has PayPal you can make a contribution here using the email address support@thekameraclub.co.uk
I’ll continue to look at the options, but want to thank you all for your support and contributions thus far as it’s been fantastic and long may it continue!
Cheers,
W
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Not a Happy Camper!

Just received a notice that Blogger have had a policy change and that no nudity will be allowed on their blogs going forward after March, full details here.  To say I’m gutted about this is an understatement as I’ve spent a considerable amount of time and effort on this site over the last 2 years.  Not quite sure what I will do going forward as hosting it on Blogger was free and I make no money from the site for other hosting.
I’ll back it up as always and see what my options are over the following days, as this is likely to be the same for my other sites as well!
I wouldn’t class The Kamera club as outright pornography, but those running Blogger have defined that the site doesn’t offer substantial public benefit, for example in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts so will be blocked!
Not happy!
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