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ANCIENT PORN by Peter Nolan Smith

Pornography is derived from the Greeks linking two words; prostitute and I read. The portrayal of sexual acts can be traced to pre-Ice Age. Scientist claim a naked figurine carved from a mammoth ivory was man’s first attempt at figurative representation. Opponents to this thought counter that lurid images were not found amongst the thousands […]

Playboy Rechained

Playboy was founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953 with a $1000 loan from his mother. Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine will no longer feature nude women featuring a centerfold of Marilyn Monroe. The first issue sold out within a week and the magazine featuring first-class writing, satirical cartoons, and nude playmates of the month soared to […]

No Nude Playboy

In 1953 Hugh Hefner launched Playboy with a $1000 loan from his mother and the magazine’s first cover featured a black and white shot of Marilyn Monroe at the height of her beauty. The blonde starlet starred as the centerfold. According to Wikipedia the first issue sold out within a week and circulation hit 50,000 […]

Helmut Newton Of Course

Sex for Helmut Newton was different from the Playboy’s softcore offerings, however Hugh Hefner recognized the Berlin-born photographer’s talent and hired Newton to shoot ‘vanilla’ pictorials of Natassia Kinski and Kristine DeBell. Newton’s fixated vision of sexuality will always be renowned for a departure point far beyond most people’s ken of fetishism, because his models’ […]