The pin-up photographer George Harrison Marks has always been associated with Soho. Besides having his studio in Gerrard Street he lived there with Pamela Green in the 1950s before moving to a flat in The Wabe in Hampstead. But what about his relationship with Fitzrovia. At the film laboratories where Continue Reading
Photographers
Embark on a journey through the lives and lenses of the photographers who defined the glamour photography landscape of the 1950s and 1960s, such as Eva Grant, George Harrison Marks, John Everard, Horace Roye, Stephen Glass and his brother Zoltan.
Douglas Webb — Shutterbug for the Heavy Mob (The Sweeney)
Pamela Green’s partner Douglas Webb worked for Euston Films in the 1970s on such shows as The Sweeney and Special Branch as a stills photographer. The Sweeney was the epitome of the 1970s hard-boiled cop shows. It ran for 52 episodes over four years. Two feature films were also made. Continue Reading
Edward Ralph Forward aka John Everard (1898 -1964)
I’ve managed to find out a little bit more about the photographer John Everard. He was born on 28th June 1898, in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, and was christened Edward Ralph Forward. His father, originally from Devon, was a solicitor. In 1916, when Edward turned eighteen he enlisted in the Continue Reading
50th Anniversary Edition – The Naked Truth
Back in print after 50 years is The Naked Truth about Harrison Marks. Originally written in 1967 by the journalist Franklyn Wood when Harrison Marks was at the height of his fame. The new edition comes with all new pictures and a brand new introduction by Gavin Whitaker. Get it Continue Reading
The Peeping Tom Eye by John Bignell
This picture from 1958 was entitled “Probably the most widely seen eye in the world.” The eye belonged to the Mayor of Chelsea’s mace bearer and featured in posters and publicity for Michael Powell’s ill-fated film Peeping Tom, which more or less ended the director’s UK career. The photo is Continue Reading
Rearview – Bertram Park
An interesting behind the scenes rearview shot of Pamela Green by Bertram Park (1883-1972). I’m afraid I don’t know for sure who the model on the right is. The image was most probably taken in the rose garden of his home in Pinner. This image is from a group of Continue Reading
Second Sitting revisted
Here’s another image of Pamela Green by John Everard. As before the image was taken around 1953/4 and appears in the book Second Sitting: Another Artist’s Model (The Bodley Head, London, 1954).
Second Sitting: Another Artist’s Model
Images by John Everard often appear eBay, but these photogravure prints are just pages ripped from his books, so it is quite a treat to come across an original print by him, especially one of Pamela Green. The image was taken around 1953/4 and appears in the book Second Sitting: Continue Reading
A Bibliography of John Everard
Below is a list of John Everard books. The only two which are not figure studies are Photographs for the Papers and Seen in England. As you can see he had rather a long career, what with his first book having been published in 1923 and his last one in Continue Reading
Photographer John Everard
One of the photographers Pamela Green worked for was the self-taught John Everard, a First World War veteran and former tea planter. John Everard, along with Walter Bird (1903-1969) and Horace Roye (1906-2002) were the top nude photographers in the 1930s and ’40s. So much so they all decided that Continue Reading