Elaine Desmond – Etudes No.7 Cover

Elaine Desmond sporting a wicker hat on the cover of Etudes Plastique Album No.7 (1955) by Belorgey and Roland Carre.  A wonderful 32 page French magazine, but unfortunately the only recognisable model is Elaine on the cover, the rest although very nice are unknown French/European models.

I must say that for a 59 year old magazine it is in exceptional condition, as these magazines have detachable covers similar to a dust jacket.  That means the magazine inside is nearly perfect condition with no wear to the page edges of discolouration. It came as part of a bundle of magazines I aquired and rather than putting it to one side to gather dust I thought I’d have a go at selling it on eBay.  Take a look if interested, but in the meantime enjoy the cover 🙂

Elaine Desmond – The Perfect Pick Me Up!

A luscious looking Elaine Desmond with a cup of coffee, the perfect pick me up for a cold morning.  Not sure about the yellow shag-pile carpet though and looking at those nips (as I do!) she looks a little cold too!  Anyone know where this image was published?

Kamera Calendar 1964 (Jan – June)

Time to start another Kamera Calendar year, this time with 1964. This is the first six month and also includes a cover for the calendar featuring Pamela Green.
Cover – Pamela Green

January – Elaine Desmond

February – Margaret Nolan

March – Ann Walker

April – Vivienne Warren

May – Pamela Green

June – Marie Deveraux

The first appearance of Vivienne Warren in the Kamera Calendar and my favourite shot of the first six months. Vivienne is the only model to appear twice in this years calendar and for a change Pamela Green in her many guises only appears once (excluding the cover)!

Kamera Special No.4 & No.5 Covers


The cover of Kamera Special No.4 featuring Elaine Desmond perched precariously on some mussel cover rocks!


The cover of Kamera Special No.5 featuring a much happier Jutka Goz as she didn’t have to balance on some dodgy rocks for this shot 🙂