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
Doubling up today on Jacky with two coloured shots in the Girl Illustrated style. Again, taken by Leslie Bainbridge, but this time inside posing on a familiar leather armchair. Both images were originally black and white, but coloured by myself, including creating the Girl Illustrated frame.
Thanks to member JAS, who sent through these brilliant shots of June Palmer from the 8 mm cine film of ‘Calamity June’. This was by Arthur Howell under the Strobe Films banner and was Strobe Films No.1 and these shots were 90 mm square still prints made by Strobe back in the 1960s to publicize the film. A fabulous set of 6 prints (members see all) of June posing at the saloon bar, slowly losing parts of her flimsy cowgirl outfit! JAS has around 25 of these 90 mm square prints from Calamity June, Danger Girl and June in Orbit. Of which I have the Danger Girl set to also publish. :)
Another coloured creation, this time one of Toni Ash by Harrison Marks. I’ve come to the conclusion images of models in the studio are easier to colour, as trying to colour the model and background and foreground objects is much harder!
This has to be one of my best and favourite coloured creations. Li Wing taken by Harrison Marks on the Egyptian set in 1969. Skin colouring and tones are so difficult to accurately colour, especially on models with colour. Throw in coloured jewellery, and it’s a real challenge, which is why like this conversion, as I think I got both pretty spot on.
Over the last 6 months or so, I’ve been dabbling in colouring some of my black and white images, as well as creating trading cards for some models. I’ve now created a few small galleries, so you can view some of my creations to date. These are only a small selection, and I’ll be adding more in due course. :)
The fabulous Doreen Pierre on the cover of Girl Illustrated. No, it’s not the original cover, but one created by myself, along with a coloured image.
Over the last few months, I’ve been playing with some of my original images and trying to add a bit of colour. The success has been mixed, with some looking like a genuine colour image, with others looking exactly like they have been coloured.
Here is a before and after shot of Annette Johnson, where you can move the slider to see more or less colour. I think this one came out pretty well. I know there are those that prefer only the original black and white shots, but interesting to see how it might have looked in colour. Let me know if you want to see more of my coloured creations like this, as I did quite a lot! :)
An original print of 1960s model Wanda Adams. Another model with a fantastic curvy figure and more! I’ve also included a coloured version of the same shot, done by myself, as I always wonder what they would look like in colour. :)
Dawn Grayson posing on a white wrought iron bench on the lawn at Ewhurst Manor. Taken by Harrison Marks in the early 1960s, this shot along with several others appeared in Solo No.43 (1964) dedicated to Dawn. This particular pouting shot appeared on page 41 and the close up really shows off her smouldering pouty look as she stares directly at the camera.
A shot of June Palmer posing naked on the beach kneeling on a towel with oil all over her, taken in the 1960s. I believe it was taken at the same period of time as this shot of her as Joanna Kent, as it looks to be the same rocks behind her, but obviously wearing a wig and a different towel :)
The Kamera Club 