Camera Club Girls: Bettie Page and The work of Rudolph Rossi

The extraordinary hand-painted photographs of Rudolph Rossi. Rossi was an informal member of the New York City Concorde Camera Club in the repressive 1950's. For a ten dollar fee, he photographed Bettie Page and a plethora of interracial models, then later meticulously hand-painted the photographs creating the illusion of color photography. An exceptional body of work by a previously unknown and unrecognized photographer and erotic artist from a time when such activity was taboo.

BILBREW BOOK New Updated Revised Enlarged Edition! 2011

Eugene Bilbrew, Justin Kent, Eddie Mishkin and the Mob

The NEW BOOK by Jim Linderman and Vintage Sleaze COMING SOON!

An expanded, revised edition of "The Dangerous Years" this is the TRUE story of an African-American artist, a writer and a member of organized crime. Three individuals meet in New York City in the 1950s and change the world. 200 Pages with dozens of Illustrations. Available Summer 2011. Stay Tuned to VINTAGE SLEAZE the BLOG HERE.

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