Anne Walker by Terry Sparks (1964)


Revisiting two re-edited shots of Ann Walker taken in 1964 by Terry Sparks, that have to be some of my favourites by Terry.

As regulars will know, I’ve been fortunate enough to be in contact with Terry over the years. In which time he has shared his wisdom, knowledge and of course images of the models he has photographed over the years. I find it amazing that Terry had access to Ann and all the other models I post on this blog, so I asked him the simple question, so who have you photographed? His answer below is a list of who’s who from this site and an impressive list of models.

‘You were asking which of the girls on your model listing I had worked with, so I have named them below. Ann Walker, Bridget Leonard, Britt Hampshire, Caroline Coon, Caron Gardner, Cindy Neal, Cleo Simmons, Danielle Denise, Geri Brown, Gillian Evans. There was also Gloria Lomax, Julie Collins, Lena Ellis, Lee Southern, Maria Frost, Maya Zell, Nicky Stevens, Nicole Yerner, Pam Arnold, Patsy French, Penny Winters, Rena Brown, Teri Martine, Terry Graham, Terry Peters, Tina McGowan, Toni Burnett.

There were others that I met or knew but did not photograph like Jutka Gotz, Margaret Nolan, Eve Eden and of course June Palmer who I dealt with when she was running her model agency.’

An Unknown Goddess!


A beautiful 10 by 8 print of an unknown model taken by Russell Gay. I have no idea who she is, but I have two prints of her from the same set, and on the back of both prints is the handwritten name Sandy? She looks like an Egyptian goddess with that necklace. :)

Hazel’s Sunhat & Sangria!


Hazel Taylor enjoying the great outdoors but remembering to wear a hat in the sun but not a lot else! Nice to see her keeping hydrated as well, but not sure if that’s water, and she’s spilling it or purposely pouring it down herself!

A beautiful outdoor shot of Hazel against that tree and scanned from a 10 by 8 print and taken by Russell Gay

Marie Davies: Bountiful Boobs!


The bountiful Marie Davis by Russell Gay from a 10 by 8 print. Fabulous pose and set of tits from Marie and very typical of the type of pose that appeared in QT and Model published by Gay.

Light & Shade Magazine Covers (1950’s)


A set of covers from the publication ‘Light & Shade’ from the late 1950s. I have a set of 15 covers from No.1 to No.15, but have no idea if that is a full set? These were produced by Russell Gay and published by Dalrow Publication Ltd. Pennine Publications, Bolton. A very similar set of magazines in the same style, including Tricoloured covers was published under the title ‘Line & Form’, but by Eva Grant (I also have a set of these to edit and post).

I love the covers of this magazine, especially the use of one primary colour per cover. I think my favourites are No.8, No.9 (June Simpson) and No.12.

A Classic Russell Gay Beauty


A classic shot from an original 35 mm colour Esquire slide. Taken by Russell Gay, it shows a curvy figure of a model I should be able to identify! I know someone is going to tell me straight away who it is. For now her name slips my mind, but a beautiful shot of a classic model with regulation red lips and beauty spot. :)

Bridget Leonard


Bridget Leonard was the live-in girlfriend of photographer Russell Gay and ran the office in Oxford Street for him, which was the mail order outlet for Venus Films. They split up around late 1967 early 1968. She was already modelling for Russell before she got a role in Harrison Marks’ first feature film, ‘Naked as Nature Intended’. She first appeared in Kamera No.43 (1961) then Kamera No.44, 46 (Cover) & 54 and then in Solo No.25 dedicate just to her. Her only glamour film appearance was as a Wild-West saloon girl in the HM Glamour Movie No.106 ‘Gamblin’ Gal’ (1962).

The cracking shot of Bridget above comes from Kamera No.46 (1962) and features her on the cover and centre pages in stills taken on the Wild-West Saloon set featured in ‘Gamblin Gal’.

The Hanging Fruits of Ann Austin


A pendulous view of Ann Austin as she leans forward looking at the camera showing off those full hanging tits with a mischievous look on her face! This shot was published in Ahoy Magazine published by Russell Gay and unfortunately was one only shot of Ann in this edition.

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