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
A beautiful shot of Maria Frost posing in grey boots and yellow panties with frills! This comes from a large set of 35 mm negatives sent over by Paul from Firebird, including several sets of Maria, including this one. I’ve also included the first shot from the set below, where Maria is fully dressed in a very short little yellow dress.
The set is very familiar with the orange sofa and drinks cabinet, and I’ve seen various other models posing on this set.
The Jimi Hendrix Album ‘Electric Ladyland’ is 50 years old this year, and one of its controversial and banned covers back then featured a bevvy of naked beauties posing on a black background. Several years ago I got asked if I could identify any of the models and back then my knowledge was lacking. Now I’ve been asked again, and on revisiting the cover I realize that I can now name several of the models and recognize several more.
Back then the cover photographer, David Montgomery, said he found the girls in The Speakeasy nightclub in London, which may be true. But I know those I’ve identified were also well known glamour models appearing in many of the magazines back then and worked for the likes of Harrison Marks and Russell Gay. I’ve numbered the models I can now identify, and the list is below, plus a few I recognize and have images of but have no name.
| 1. Jenny Lane 2. Maria Frost 3. Nicole Yerner 4. Cindy Neal 5. Rene Brown (Reine Sutcliffe) | 6. Maya Zell 7. Ann Day? 8. Unknown but Familiar (Worked with GHM) 9. Jane Steadman 10. Samantha Bond 11. Helga Berk |
The three blondes front left also look familiar, but can’t put a name to the lovely faces. Anyone recognize any other models?
One of the models named Reine Sutcliffe was interviewed in Melody Maker in 1968. “It makes us look like a load of old tarts. It’s rotten. Everyone looked great, but the picture made us look old and tired. We were trying to look too sexy, but it didn’t work out.”
Thanks to Les for contacting me and asking to look at it again :)
There’s nothing frosty about this view of Maria Frost! A very nice nude pose in the studio from Maria as she looks away from the camera, but no idea who took the shot.
Maria Frost on tiptoes on a staircase from the 1960’s Glamour book featuring models that appeared in the numerous Russell Gay photo’s and publications in the 1960’s and 70’ds
A cheeky Maria Frost in kinky boots and stockings giving us a flash of her peachy bum, as she poses in a fireplace. Beautiful shot and love the boots over stockings and the flash of that perfect bottom with the panties half pulled down.
An incognito Maria Frost wearing a short dark wig giving us a flash, whilst enjoying the sun! An original From Terry Sparks, I wouldn’t have known it was Maria, if not for the fact Terry had told me and that she wears that chain and cross in a fair few images I have seen. She also tends to like her wigs in the shots I’ve seen. Brilliant shot from Terry and is that a string vest I see, because that’s definitely the way to wear one if it is!
Until last week I think I only had one image of Maria Frost and then Terry sent me one of his originals (coming soon!), closely followed by me finding the above shot. This shot again appears on P267 of the ‘1950’s Glamour Book’ which seems to be predominately work by Russell Gay, so this could be a Terry shot as well? Having now dug around for other shots of Maria, two things stand out. One, she likes her wigs, as she almost always seems to be wearing one in the shots I’ve seen and two, she wears the chain and cross in many as well, so obviously a good little church going girl! Although if you manage to see her appearance in the 1970 Harrison Marks film ‘A Hit For Two Miss’s’ appearing with Angela Duncan, she doesn’t look so innocent to me! She also appears in a second GHM film, also in 1970 called ‘Scouts Honour’
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