Elmer Batters

Leg Art, Number 19
Elmer Batters
San Pedro, California
1974

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Nudes in High Heels
Dynamic Distributors, Inc.
New York, New York
1972

Leg Art, Number 19

Possibly the first photographer to use the expression Leg Art, Elmer Batters long career as photographer and publisher of pinup, cheesecake and fetish imagery earned him international appreciation. With a clear idea of a female ideal and unwavering point of view, he collaborated with magazine publishers in the 1950s and 1960s. By the 1970s, he was selling his booklet sized Leg Art to members of his Royal Order of the Garter by subscription and mail order.

At the end of Leg Art, Number 19, Mr. Batters writes “ . . . we are sure you will agree that a woman's legs without nylons is like a day without sunshine!!!” True to his maxim, limber lovelies pose graceful limbs in classic hosiery.

In this collection, models appear in, on and against automobiles — big American coupes, a station wagon and an MGB. Garter belts hold stockings in place as legs position to display curves that made Mr. Batters famous. Several photographs show calf-hugging seams and the splendid architecture of carefully posed feet within the graphics of full-fashioned hosiery. Surely, Mr. Batters' exploration of this idiom defines the genre.

Renee Bond graces the covers of the booklet and appears on four other pages. Her cheerful countenance seems to glow about the fun she has being a pretty object of desire.

But 32 pages, one page advertises the mail order price for other Leg Art issues as $3.00, a steep price for a small volume. Even today, though, few photographers show legs, arches and ankles as nicely as these.

The digital replica includes all the content of the booklet in the original sequence. Brightness and contrast were adjusted and shading reduced. Many specks were re-touched. Interior pages printed in color are placed as monochrome.

All new scans. Female nudity.

The optimized version shows each scene complete, followed by enlargements of legs, feet or other pulchritude.

Elmer Batters was a professional photographer and his magazines show good pictures, without unpleasant shadows. Like most creative people, he developed craft and focus throughout his life. By the time of Leg Art, he had become an entrepreneur with complete control of his content. In the century after his death, ebooks present his fascination with femininity and art.

Nudes in High Heels
Indoors, leggy lovelies show off their pleasing curves in hosiery and garter belts. Most wear pumps with heels of various heights, but a couple of pictures show ladies in boots. Full-fashioned stockings predominate, but seamless, patterned and lace also appear.

The cover says — BIZARRE BEAUTIES FOR THE CONNOISSEUR. Many of these pictures look like they were taken during photo shoots for Bizarre Life magazine.

The digital replica presents all content in the 30-page booklet in the original sequence. Tonality was adjusted and many specks retouched. Printed on rough paper, some photographs show texture or graininess.

All new scans. Female nudity.

Provocative posers invite us to join them in serene salons, where we can share quiet matinees of serious sensuality. The ebook provides a convenient connection to those pretty legs in stockings and heels.

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Although some parts of pictures are obscured on this page, the ebook shows everything that's in the original.

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