Tag: 1964

Dawn Grayson – The Magic in a Face

I originally published a version of this image under the title ‘Shattered Glass’ in June 2013 when I came across the image of Dawn and it was instantly a favourite. Well now I’ve found where it came from and have an original copy, as above. It was originally published in ‘Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties’ on page 84, where he describes expressions of the face can change the mood of a photograph.

Incidentally I prefer this version to the first I found, as it looks better in black and white and Dawn looks good with a beauty spot!
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Wendy Luton – Not Your Average Household Pose!

Wendy Luton looking very inviting laying there on the rug in front of the fire. Taken from the pages of ‘Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties’. This was used as an example of how a shot of a nude beauty can be enhanced by placing her in a normal household setting rather than a studio. To be honest with that figure you could put Wendy Luton in any location and she’d still catch my attention!
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Bath Time With Ann Walker

Ann Walker with an unusually big bouffant hairstyle from her, as we’re more used to seeing her with it short or tied back. This shot is of her naked in the bath, but not sure it’s warm enough looking at the nipples on her!
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Dawn Grayson – Kitchen Capers!

Dawn Grayson nude in the kitchen and posing for Ed Alexander for his book of English Beauties (1964). As Ed himself says, when photographing the nude indoors, a change from plain studio backgrounds can sometimes be made by using the average home as a setting, as long as the setting doesn’t detract away from the model.  Trust me, my eyes are firmly focussed on the model here!
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She Walks in Beauty Dust Cover

The dust cover to the hardback book ‘She Walks in Beauty’ (1964) featuring from bottom to top, Margaret Nolan, Marie Deveraux, Rita Landre (Pamela Green) and unknown  Lee Southern (Grace Jackson).

Another on my list of books to get an actual copy ( I should write a list!)

Thanks to MadMax for identifying Lee Southern in the top image :)
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Lisa Peterson

Not a familiar model and one that falls into my normal scope of models, but when I saw this shot I had to publish it. Lisa Peterson and her perky little breasts from ‘Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties’. Ed apparently shot Lisa for a photo set to appear in Cavalier Magazine and there is a whole article with images of her in his book. A stunning English Beauty!
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Making Hay With Maxine Miller

A beautiful shot from Ed Alexander of Maxine Miller reclining in a barn full of hay in a short black negligee falling open to expose those lovely pert boobs. Taken from ‘Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties’ (1964) by Whitestone Publications.
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Simply Sophia

Sophie Dorn (Sophia Dawn) by Ed Alexander.  A simple sultry look holding her hair up, job done!  From page 88 of ‘Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties’ (1964).
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Ed Alexander Photographs English Beauties

My latest purchase arrived this afternoon and one that I’ve been after for a while, but unfortunately it’s been going for silly prices on eBay, so I’ve always missed out.  By accident I found a copy for sale on Amazon yesterday at a very reasonable price, so despite my reservations I bought it, but for that price it had to be a very poor copy surely?  It arrived today, the day after I ordered it, it was very well securely sealed, then wrapped in brown paper and had a wonderful set of stamps attached (several Channel Tunnel ones if your interested).

Well to my surprise it’s a very good condition copy of the magazine, clean crisp pages, no discolouration and for a magazine 50 years old immaculate! So well played to the seller on Amazon for such a good buying experience, if only all sellers showed such commitment. 

Anyway onto the magazine! As the title says it’s full of English beauties photographed by Ed Alexander, including none other than Dawn Grayson on the cover (one of the reasons I wanted it!).  Published by Whitestone Publications in 1964 it’s a 112 page extravaganza of well known models, both clothed and nude, including Eve Eden, Sophia Dawn, Annette Johnson, Molly Peters and of course Dawn. The strange thing is apart from Annette Johnson, they are all using different or uncommon names, like Sophie Dorn, Kay Stern and Connie Fielding. A wonderful magazine and insight into glamour photography and lots of location shots inside and outside at Ewhurst Manor.

I’m off to scan a few pages to share with you all, then putting it up on eBay for an extortionate selling price (joking, it’s one of the few I may keep)
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