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Playboy: Fifty Years: The Photographs by
James R. Peterson
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- Hardcover: 240 pages ; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.97 x 12.28 x 9.48
- Publisher: Chronicle Books;
(November 2003)
- ISBN: 0811839788
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Great book, November 14, 2003
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Reviewer:
Freakzilla from Las Vegas, NV |
This is a wonderful 240 page photography book of the 50 years of
Playboy photography. It opens with the Playboy story, and how it
grew into the great company it is today. The book then shifts over
to the importance of the centerfold. I was nowhere near born when a
lot of the beautiful women such as Ellen Stratton, Liv Lindeland,
and Eve Meyer were posing, but I can see why the magazine was so
successful. There is also a nice frontal and backside poster of
Nancy Cameron included.
The next chapter includes just a few of the many people that have
contributed to the Playboy interview over the many years, talking
about various controversial issues.
There are more pictures included, this time of some beautiful
celebrities, such as Cindy Crawford, Kim Basinger, Pamela Anderson,
and Stephanie Seymour among a sea of others.
The lifestyles section was very intriguing, to say the least.
There are a lot of great photography shots in this section that
absolutely stunned me. I cannot put into words what this is like, so
go see for yourself!
There is an artwork gallery of some fascinating and very detailed
pictures. A lot of beautiful work that will leave you breathless, as
well as a very disturbing piece of art that has scarred my mind
forever. Finally, there is the covers section that they have
included. I liked some of the old school covers that they had, some
were very unique and others, while simple, still caught your
attention.
Overall I found this book very enjoyable. For younger fans of
Playboy, such as myself, this gives only a small sense of what
Playboy was, and how it has grew since then. For the older fans, I
guess it will be nothing new, but it will be a nice trip down memory
lane.
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Playboy: Fifty Years: The Photographs by James R. Peterson
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