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Playboy Special Edition
''Playboy Special Editions'' (formerly known as ''flats'', then ''Newsstand Specials'') are a spin-off series of ''Playboy'' magazine containing glamour and softcore nude photographs. The initially infrequent and later semi-regular editions ran from 1963 through 2000 (under the Playboy Press brand) then re-branded from 2000 through 2012 final issues (under the Playboy Special Edition "SE" brand). A one-off special edition was published in February 2015 featuring images of models in different locations within California from the controversial photographer Terry Richardson. Unlike the monthly magazine, which features a variety of articles, opinion columns, and works of fiction, only minimal text was included in the Special Editions, mostly consisting of captions of the photographs and readers' letters. Two issues were usually published each month. While the magazines often featured former Playmates of the Month, many other models also appeared in them. Early issues, beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. With an electronic image sensor, this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display or processing. The result with photographic emulsion is an invisible latent image, which is later chemically "developed" into a visible image, either negative or positive, depending on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brown (cartoonist)
Robert "Buck" Brown (February 3, 1936 – July 2, 2007) was an American painter and cartoonist best known for creating ''Playboy'' magazine's toothless, saggy-breasted, highly-sexed, naughty "Granny" character. Early life and education Brown was born in Morrison, Tennessee, in the 1930s and moved to Chicago as a child after the separation of his parents. He graduated from Englewood Technical Prep Academy, Englewood High School in 1954 and then joined the United States Air Force. While he was in the Air Force, he became known among his fellow airmen for the cartoons and pin-ups he would hang in the barracks. Brown later received a Bachelor of Arts degree in fine arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Illinois 1966. Playboy career One day while Brown was taking art classes and driving a Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Transit Authority Bus, he stopped by the Playboy Offices in Chicago to submit some ideas and sketches which ran the next year.Az ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
