#253 - Exotique Photo Album 2 Tana Louise Burmel

Exotique Photo Album No. 2
Burmel [BURtman/HimMEL] Publishing Co.,
New York, New York
c. 1958

digital replica

The 38 issues of Exotique magazine contained a mix of prose, illustrations and photographs. Most of us never saw an issue of Exotique with too many pictures. Photo Album No. 2 collects la crème de la crème of Exotique photographs, showing us more of the sets that were sampled in the numbered issues. Some of the pictures also come from sets that were seen in 1960s Leg Show, High Heels, Stocking Parade, and other Selbee zines.

Heather Christie, Betty Page, Lauren Arvelle, Tana Louise, Betsy Russell, and other sexy models featured without names on the pages of Exotique dress up in high heels, long gloves, full-fashioned stockings, corsets, garter belts and other lacy undies. Apparently, Mr. Burtman's fantasy was to gaze at a slender beauty so-attired, adjusting hosiery, smoothing gloves, donning footwear, or just reclining on a sofa in his apartment salon.

The assortment of more than 60 pictures shows both shoes and boots, most with heels of five inches or more. Leather dresses, satin frocks and corsets appear in many photos.





The quality of photography and production in the original reflect care and competence. The ebook has been configured to fill pages from top to bottom with the model content of each picture. To accomplish this, some furniture, carpet, curtains and ceilings do not appear in the ebook. The sharp photography in the original transferred clearly to the ebook, with few unpleasant shadows and a nice palette of grays.

All new scans.

The ebook presentation improves on the conscientious work of the original with adjustments that brighten images and remove spots and specks. The digital rendering provides the best mechanism for enjoying this rare fetish pinup album from the middle of the last century.

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