Kamera Magazine (1956 – 1968)

George Harrison Marks launched Kamera in 1957 and was published with a cover price of 2/6 (Around £2.75 at today’s prices). The original print run of 15,000 copies sold out within two days of the launch, so an immediate reprint had to be ordered. Again that sold out in days and, in all, over 150,000 copies of issue No.1 were sold in the first five weeks.

The photographs reproduced in Kamera were retouched, where necessary, to disguise any sign of the model’s pubic hair or genitals, in order to try and avoid the danger of falling foul of the British obscenity law, which was pretty ambiguous in those days. This was the case throughout the 12 years that the publication of Kamera spanned. The reader could have been forgiven for thinking that all the models had shaved off their pubic hair. In fact probably less than half of them had. 

Harrison Marks with Rosa Dolmai & Lorraine Burnett


Some of the models who appeared in Kamera – June Palmer, Paula Page, Lorraine Burnett, Vicky Kennedy, Marie Devereaux, Pat Rose and Rosa Dolmai – like Pamela Green, went on to become celebrities in their own right.

1958 appears to have been the peak year for Kamera, when, the full 12 monthly issues were produced. In 1959 there were 11, there were 9 issues in 1960, 7 in 1961 and in 1962 only 6 issues seemed to have been produced. For 1963 through 1967 output was back to around eight.*

The success of Kamera also spawned the creation of a Kamera Calendar each year.  The Calendars themselves became very popular and were regularly found hung up in garage waiting rooms, restrooms and workshops and today are sought after by avid collectors.

* Text modified from Harrison Marks Official Website 

Kamera Magazine

Kamera Calendar & Specials

Kamera Magazine Listing (1957 – 1968)

Clicking the images below will show you a larger image of the cover, the text link underneath will take you to pages of that Kamera edition that have already been published. Unfortunately I have some gaps in the later editions, so there are no working links, but they will be updated as I get copies.

Kamera No.31 Through To No.60 (1960 – 1964)

Kamera No.31
(Mary Deighan, Pamela Green
and Jean Spaul)

Kamera No.32
(Rona Scott)

Kamera No.33
(Virginia Green)

Kamera No.34
(Paula Page)

Kamera No.35
(Rita Landre)

Kamera No.36
(Erica)

Kamera No.37
(Avra Bennett)

Kamera No.38
(Pamela Green)

Kamera No.39
(Lorraine Burnett)

Kamera No.40
(Princess Sonmar Kendriks)

Kamera No.41
(Madeleine Mills)

Kamera No.42
(Bea Bea Chu-Chu)

Kamera No.43
(Jackie Salt)

Kamera No.44
(
Jackie Salt, Angela Jones
& Petrina Forsythe
)

Kamera No.45
(
Jackie Salt & Angela Jones)

Kamera No.46
(
Bridget Leonard)

Kamera No.47
(Tina Graham
)

Kamera No.48
(
Yamille)

Kamera No.49
(
Ann Walker)

Kamera No.50
(
Margaret Nolan &
Maria Clarence
)

Kamera No.51 (Vivienne Warren)

 

Kamera No.5
(Angela Jones)

Kamera No.5
(Maureen Tavenbeck)

Kamera No.5
(Jayne Tracy)

Kamera No.5
(Rusty Gaynor)

Kamera No.5
(Frankie Young)

Kamera No.5
(Vera Novak)

Kamera No.5
(Annette Johnson)

Kamera No.5
(Dawn Grayson)

Kamera No.60 
(Molly Peters)

Kamera No.61 Through To No.89 (1965 – 1968)

Kamera No.61
(June Palmer)

Kamera No.62
(Wendy Luton)

Kamera No.63
(Sue Owen)

Kamera No.64
(Elaine Desmond)

Kamera No.65
(Marie Deveraux)

Kamera No.66
(Margaret Nolan)

Kamera No.67
(Ann Wilson)

Kamera No.68
(Vicky Groves)

Kamera No.69
(June Palmer)

Kamera No.70
(Jutka Goz)

Kamera No.71
(Sue Chester)

Kamera No.72
(Cleo Simmons)

Kamera No.73
(Sue Owen)

Kamera No.74
(
Beryl Gilchrist)

Kamera No.75
(
Hyldagarde)

Kamera No.76
(
Julie Collins)

Kamera No.77
(June Palmer
)

Kamera No.78
(
Nicky Stephens)

Kamera No.79
(Rosalie Peters)

Kamera No.80
(Louise Worth)

Kamera No.81
 (Gillian Evans)

Kamera No.82
(Valarie Jones)

Kamera No.8
(Monique Devereux)

Kamera No.84
(Suzi Shane)

Kamera No.8
(Barbar Hawkes)

Kamera No.8
(Teri Martine)

Kamera No.8
(Ann Day)

Kamera No.8
(Pam Arnold)

Kamera No.89 
(Velma Loftus)


The Many Faces of Pamela Green

“For Harrison Mark’s work I dressed up as Rita Landre, a Redhead and Princess Sonmar H’Arriks, a Moroccan girl. The latter was with very dark make-up. And, of course, I also modelled as myself, Pamela Green, a blonde.” – Pamela Green 
 
Pamela Green as ‘Pamela Green’ with Her Familiar Blonde Hair.
A Younger Pamela Still Herself, But With Short Dark Hair

As Her Alter Ego and Redhead ‘Rita Landre’

As Her Second Alter Ego ‘Princess Sonmar H’Arriks’, Complete With Dark Wig & Boot Polish Covered Body!

Finally As Herself with Long Blonde Hair!