Motorcycle Monday: Red Ironhead

Here's a cool red Iron Head hard tail sportster, with a beautiful rider to model for the old Chopper magazine.

Summer afternoons by rivers. Skinny dipping and riding. Who says youth is wasted on the young?

Union Suit Sexy

Artistic Use of a Barn Door

Framed By Her Garter

Toy Time With Seventeen Teen

Sexy Skinny Dipping in Pool

Tiny Bikini

Would you dare to wear this on the beach or by the pool?

1980s Girlfriend

The early days, when everything was a new revelation.

Nude Selfie, the OG

"My first nude photography was a self-portrait in the woods, 1906, on the University of Washington campus. I set it up and jumped into it, and that was it."

--Imogen Cunningham

Imogen was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1883. When she was 18, she bought her first camera, a 4x5. But the story goes that she lost interest and sold it to a friend. When she was 23, she'd moved up to Seattle to attend the University of Washington. There she rekindled her joy of photography and took her first nude, serving as both photographer and model. 

Meow

Sexy girl on knees. Purrrr.

Making Home Videos, VHS

An era of denim and VHS.

Wife On Vacation

Back In The Day

Hot girlfriends... hot now, hot back then.

Summer Lifeguard

Golden Oldie

From the deep archives. A lovely lady on a lovely day.

Why Have Just One?

She didn't want to choose, but when she had to she told the boys that she would choose both or neither.  It didn't take them long to agree. As you see, things have worked out just fine.

Lauren Bacall's Screen Test

Here are two amazing images: the first real--the hair and make up tests for "To Have and Have Not"; and the second, a clever internet fake of a nude Lauren Bacall.

As readers of this blog know, I've written about Bacall, the most sultry starlet. So you know that Lauren, first Betty, made her huge Hollywood debut at age 24 in "To Have and Have Not" alongside the great Humphrey Bogart, and that the two fell in love, and eventually married, and went on to star in four more films together before his death.

It's a well known fact that young, beautiful aspiring starlets were subjected to Hollywood's infamous "casting couch." Studio executives and casting agents had an almost unfathomable level of unchecked power in those days...

In these two images, it's not hard to imagine that these could be the "test" of young Betty, posing for hair, make up, and then the request for a shot "out of wardrobe," to show her figure. "You do want to be in pictures, right doll?"

It is a sexist, offensive, and almost terrifying thought. I'm ashamed to even think about it. But isn't that the most powerful fuel of fantasy?

Ski Game

During the Great Depression, people didn't have a lot of money, but did have time. A health movement originating in Europe, mostly Germany, came to the US. Skiing was one sport that came from Europe, and began to gain popularity among a young generation. 

The nudist movement had its roots in this larger health and sports recreation movement. The advocates claimed that the human body was beautiful and natural and, matched with healthy outdoor activity, a wonderful thing. 

As such, it's not hard to imagine a group of young adults taking skis up to the mountain, and hiking up the slope, taking off their clothes, and inventing fun games to fill the afternoon.

Cristiana Borghi

Here's a couple images of Cristiana Borghi, an Italian actress and model, in some very cool boots.

Best Day Ever

That summer after graduation, taking the boat out on the lake. Inviting the girls. And that one time... That was more than 30 years ago, but he still counts it as the best day of his life.