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Bettie Page and Friends Camera Club Girls The history of the informal camera clubs in New York City 1950s from which Bettie Page emerged (and the origins of modern day “glamor” photography is now available in EBOOK
LINK HERE 114 Pages Nearly 200 photographs
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From Camera Club Girls: Bettie Page, Her Friends and the Work of Rudolph Rossi. For over 50 years, the extraordinary Hand-Painted Original Photographs of Bettie Page and nude models of the 1950s taken by Rudolph Rossi lay hidden. Now, for the first time, over 100 have been published in Camera Club Girls by Jim Linderman. 114 pages, 35 pages of text and 180 pictures, the book tells the story of the informal groups of early camera enthusiasts in New York City who paid ten dollars each to photograph naked women, including Bettie Page, in dingy studios and outdoor excursions. As much the history of early erotic photography and Times Square smut as it is the story of the exceptional personal vision of an artist, master photographer and painter which has not been told until now. The photographic find of the decade, and an amazing story which combines passion, painting, photography and early porno in a tale never told.
187 Photographs, 114 Pages Hardcover or Softcover. By Jim Linderman and Dull Tool Dim Bulb Books
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Who discovered Bettie Page? Two African-American Men
Jerry Tibbs, a NYC Police Officer (who suggested she wear bangs)
Cass Carr, a jazz musician who brought her to nude modeling excursions
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From Black Pinups #6 The Untold StoryAfro-Antics on Vintage Sleaze the Blog HERE
The Story of Cass Carr, Pioneer of Inter-racial Nude Photography, Bettie Page and Women of Color.
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Last chance to order Camera Club Girls in time to ruin Christmas
(The Story of Bettie Page, her friends and the Informal and Illegal Camera Clubs of NYC)
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Camera Club Girls Bettie Page and her Friends The Work of Rudolph Rossi
by Jim Linderman Available from Blurb.com Dull Tool Dim Bulb
For over 50 years, the extraordinary Hand-Painted Original Photographs of Bettie Page and nude models of the 1950s taken by Rudolph Rossi lay hidden. Now, for the first time, over 100 have been published in Camera Club Girls by Jim Linderman. 114 pages, 35 pages of text and 180 pictures, the book tells the story of the informal groups of early camera enthusiasts in New York City who paid ten dollars each to photograph naked women, including Bettie Page, in dingy studios and outdoor excursions. As much the history of early erotic photography and Times Square smut as it is the story of the exceptional personal vision of an artist, master photographer and painter which has not been told until now. The photographic find of the decade, and an amazing story which combines passion, painting, photography and early porno in a tale never told.