Old-style soft porn mags in todays NY Times

You know a photog named Tom Kelley and his wife Natalie (interesting that he got his wife involved in this deal) shot the greatest soft porn shot known to man - Marilyn Monroe on red velvet in a cold drafty room. She was paid $50 bucks for the session, big bucks in that day and age, and she was starving and couldn't pay the rent! Hugh Hefner would probably be a nobody if not for that photograph. Don't ever underestimate the power of a beautiful woman and a good photographer shooting with a good camera...particulary if a marketing genius gets involved... 🙂
 
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I don't know whether to give up or be inspired, it is good stuff and hardly porn.

Those are A-list models, not Model Mayhem girls. But he's got great situations and story lines, appropriate lighting and styling, it's a lot harder than it looks.
 
"With the exception of Mr. Leder’s 2-year-old son, Jack, who would occasionally stumble into the frame, the house was surprisingly quiet for a photo shoot, especially a pornographic one. "
 
Interesting models and some nice poses, but they don't look retro so much as oddly developed and in some cases, they seem to be shot by someone who didn't care about the details.

Frank and Tom shoulda been there...
 
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