Tag: Wig

An Early Rita Landre?

I spotted this shot over on the tumblr of Honey-Rider (I love that name!) and I’m pretty certain it’s Pamela Green and may even be an early one of her as Rita Landre? I know it’s Pam by the mole just above her bikini line and the figure and face, whatever the wig are so recognisable. I’d put it at late 1950’s by Harrison Marks, but no idea if it was ever published anywhere as I’d not seen it before. Cracking shot though :)
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Rita Landre in Pink Corset

Rita Landre (Pamela Green) by Harrison Marks and posing in pink corset.  A fabulous shot and part of this set, which I only have two shots so far including this one.  Restored from a very poor 35mm slide, but unfortunately the whites are still very blown out and you lose detail down her left side.  Saying that I quite like it and all the white adds a certain quality to the shot.

She also wore a variation of this outfit with the same pink corset on the Parisian set and appeared in it for the 1960 (Nov) and 1961 (Jan) Kamera Calendars. 
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Rita Landre – The Fisherman's Wife

I had one image from this set already published here, but I now have another five images plus this one from the set.  All have come from 35mm negatives and were in very poor condition and require a lot of TLC to get them to the quality of the one above.

I love this set of Rita (Pam) in short red leather skirt posing with a basket of fish, so I was really pleased to find the other shots.  They were obviously published through-out Kamera at some point, but no idea when?

I’ll publish the other shots once I’ve restored them.
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Dawn Grayson – Blonde & Pink!

Dawn Grayson by Harrison Marks on the ‘Studio set’ at Lily Place studio’s probably mid 1960’s.  The blonde wig was worn when she appeared under the name ‘Liza Martelle’ and the pink underwear set seems to have been worn by other models such as Nicky Stevens and Julie Collins to name two.
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Liza Martelle

Liza Martelle (Dawn Grayson) – We know GHM had a propensity to give his models aliases when they modelled in wigs, such as Rita Landre (Pam Green) and Mary Stephan (Caroline Coon). What I didn’t know is that Dawn Grayson had one as well when modelling in the blonde wig above! Apparently she was known as Liza Martelle, a beautiful strip artist from the crazy horse in Paris.

GHM revealed this in an interview for Fiesta magazine in 1976 called ‘ Harrison Marks Rides Again!’.  He also said that she was in London for an appearance and due to his sheer charm and youthful sex appeal he was lucky enough to get her before his camera … and other places! 

Well I never! That’s the first time I have come across Liza Martelle and a photo similar to the one above appears with those comments.  So, unless there is another Liza Martelle or the photo was wrong, then it’s Dawn Grayson :)

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Rita Landre – Fishnets & Flora

Another restored Rita Landre shot, this time posing on a stool in fishnets with a nice floral background.  Loving the star collar, nice touch! 



Note: This original image has been carefully edited and restored where required and a lot of effort has gone into this. Please feel free to share, but kindly link back to this original if sharing elsewhere, Many Thanks! – Wonder

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A Rita Landre Original

Following on from my post ‘What’s New Pussycat‘ I’ve been sent this original of Pamela Green as Rita Landre from the same shoot that appeared in Solo No.13.  According to Simon this shot was never published and from Pamela’s own collection that she shared with him on one of his visits to her on the Isle of White.


Note: This is an original image and subject to this copyright notice, but can be shared as long as the image remains unaltered and this website is acknowledged as the source.

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