Jean Sporle (Spaul) in a sheer little black baby doll by Harrison Marks published Pin-Up No.6 (June 1957). Jean modelled for GHM on various occasions and also ended up working for him and Pamela Green in the offices at Gerrard Street. She originally was only looking for non-nude modelling work, but that soon changed after meeting Harrison Marks!
The elegantly posed Marie Deveraux from Kamera No.4 P22 (1957). A simple nude studio shot of Marie posing as if a statue and it reminds me slightly of a Greek marble goddess. I love the make-up highlighting the eyes and eyebrows and the hair tied up with pearls, simple but effective and all showing off Marie’s beautiful body to great effect.
Two shots of Maxine Ellis from Fiesta magazine (Nov 1956) posing with a multi-coloured crochet blanket, used in various ways to cover her modesty for some reason. Taken by Harrison Marks these a typical shots for Fiesta at that time, before moving to the slightly more risqué topless views.
June Simpson from Kamera Special No.1 (1957) posing on yet another animal skin rug for Harrison Marks. What I like about this shot is the way June is arching her back to extenuate her curves and the round curve of her bum. I also love the waves of her blonde hair as they fall down across her shoulders.
So another unknown model potentially identified from my list of unknown models, again sent through by Jeff. Jeff sent through the bottom image of Janet Riley from Carnival magazine (Jan 1957), who he believes is also the unknown model No.10 I’ve posted before from Photographic Rhythm No.1 (Top Shot). At the same time I also found the middle shot of the same model, but titled as Wanda, but that should be taken with a pinch of salt as it’s only in the title. So is this Janet Riley? The early image of her is very different from the others, but there are some facial similarities. Unfortunately I’ve not been able to find any other references to her as Janet Riley or Wanda, so we will just have to go with what we have.
Thanks to Jeff for his continuing effort to go through my list of unknown models and trying to identify them 🙂