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
Elaine Desmond by Harrison Marks on the loft set surrounded by some familiar props. Sat taking a smoke break we get a side view of Elaine’s figure on top of a wooden crate and papers similar to this shot. The shot also features Dantes Head, plus if you look carefully in the reflection of the mirror you will see a familiar diamond wallpaper.
A beautiful shot from my big collection of images of Delphine Caron by Howard Roark. I’ve also seen her under the name of Ingrid Thyssen, so another model known by various pseudonyms. As Ingrid, she seems to have appeared in various men’s magazines in the mid 1970s. But, one thing is common across all the images whatever name, her stunning figure, tan lines and hairy pussy!
An uncensored kneeling view of Tina Graham by Harrison Marks, but she was better known later in her career as Christine Carter. Christine appeared as Tina Graham in several editions of Kamera, with her main appearances being in Kamera No.46 & 47 (1961). I’ve not seen this shot appear in Kamera, but it could have appeared in Solo No.28 as I don’t have a copy. A fabulous pose and shot of Christine wherever it appeared. :)
A restored cover of Solo No.19 (1961) by Harrison Marks featuring Annlyse and Dorte. Taken in GHM’s flat, it shows the two kneeling naked on the living room floor. The book they are both looking at is the original Kamera on Location book. A perfect Danish duo!
A shot of an unknown UK based model posing nude in the studio. This comes from a set of ten original 6 by 4 prints I recently scanned and is quite an oddity. I’m pretty sure she is a UK model from the 1960s as I have this set of her. I also have several negatives of her taken by Harrison Marks.
Figure wise she is small and curvy, but not the most attractive model I’ve seen photographed by Harrison Marks. No idea on a name, so she gets added to the unknown model list. :)
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. :)
Two shots of the glorious Hanna Viek from the 1970s enjoying herself on a very colourful bedspread. Loving the sheer red panties in the first shot and where those fingers are going in the second. More from this set in the members section!
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.
Jacky Rigby, taken by Leslie Bainbridge in the late 1960s, posing nude in the great outdoors. Leslie Bainbridge was the man behind the publications Health & Efficiency (H&E) and Girl Illustrated. I suspect this was for H&E rather than GI, as it’s outdoors.
Two great views of Jacki and her slender body and smooth pussy, innocently posing outdoors. Although, later in her career, she went on to do less innocent more explicit content!
The sexy and very busty Hyldagarde (Hilde Beck) from a restored 35 mm colour slide sent over by Kevin. This slide comes from the later Harrison Marks slide sets produced later in the 1960s, and this particular slide comes from set No.41 of Hyldagarde on the Egyptian set.
Which brings me on to the subject of GHM’s colour slides (and others) and if they are worth buying? Slide sets of his models pop up on eBay all the time and range anywhere from anything up to £100 per set, depending on the size of the set and model in question. But nearly all of them when you look at the images are completely red or a faded magenta colour as they have over the years lost their original colouring. Yes, the models are clear, and we mustn’t forget that these sets are over 50 years old, but would you really pay £100 for a set of faded red slides? I suppose it also depends on what you want them for, to complete a collection, then in that case it may well be worth it, but anything other than that seems to me to be a waste of money!
Please, this is just my own honest opinion and yes in the past I have paid over the odds for slide sets because they were June Palmer or some other model I liked regardless of the redness to the slides. I buy them to scan for this site and try to restore them, but nearly always they are so red there is little chance of recovering the colour, other than converting the images to black and white. There are exceptions, as some slide sets seem to have survived better over the years than others, and Hyldagarde above is a fair example of some colour remaining. It also seems that the colour in GHM’s original Pamar slide sets seem to survive much better than his later sets, maybe better quality production back in the late 1950s?
Regardless of this fact, faded or red if they are Harrison Marks slides they continue to sell in whatever condition. Finally, would I pay £100 for a set of non faded, non-red Harrison Marks slides in good condition? Probably as it is, Harrison Marks! :)
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