Erotic postcards
Written by admin on 18 November, 2009 – 9:52 pm -It’s probably true that the history and development of erotic postcards runs in parallel with that of erotic photography. Now let’s get things straight here, we are talking about erotic photography and definitely not pornographic photography. The erotic type shows its subjects in a sexually suggestive, or even sexually provocative manner, but does not as pornography does, show them in a sexually explicit manner. Prior to the development of the first practical method of photography by Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre in the 1830s, pictures of any description consisted of drawings or paintings. Of course this new technology did not go unnoticed by artists keen to find new, simpler ways to depict the unclothed feminine form. Although the Daguerreotype... more
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Kirchner, Raphael
Written by admin on 23 August, 2009 – 12:00 pm -Raphael Kirchner (1876-1917) was an Austrian illustrator whose erotic 'pin up' sketches proved popular during WWI on both sides of the trenches. Born in Vienna in 1876, Kirchner attended the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in the city. At the turn of the century he moved to Paris where he remained until the outbreak of war in August 1914. At this point Kirchner moved to the United States. Kirchner produced in excess of a thousand postcards during his short life. His "Geisha" series was reprinted four times resulting in a total of 40,000 copies, making it his most popular. Although he was responsible for a wide variety of postcards he was chiefly renowned during the war for his erotic illustrations, probable forerunner to the later phenomenon... more
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