A photo of the delightfully buxom Sylvana Manto (Madelaine Bannister) by Russell Gay, who went on to found the top-shelf magazines Fiesta and Knave. Early in his career, he had a studio on 245, Tottenham Court Road, London.
Russell Gay
June Palmer by Russell Gay
June Palmer (1940-2004) should not need much of an introduction to readers of this blog. Excluding Pamela Green, she was most well known and popular of Harrison Marks‘ models. She started modelling professionally in the late-1950s and in the 1960s she setup Strobe Studios in Clapham, South London, with her husband, Arthur Howell. Continue Reading
Photographer Russell Gay
One of Harrison Mark’s competitors was the photographer Russell Gay. In the fifties, he was best known to the British public as the creator of Sabrina, aka Norma Ann Sykes, the ‘twin-peak’ epitome of feminine allure. He published the magazine QT, dabbled in 8mm glamour films and 1962 his company Continue Reading