The Limbo Connection's photos with the keyword: 'She' magazine

I rediscovered this copy of 'She' magazine dated December, 1966. Capriciously I distorted the photograph in processing. The words are nevertheless legible. The woman in the picture (who had no function to perform in regard to the men's coat under review) now looks even more stricken by something. The magazine gave no credit to the photographer. He or she clearly knew their stuff and maybe couldn't care less about acknowledgement beyond being paid. I should like to see more examples of this photographer's work. 'She' was a British women's monthly magazine that ran for 56 years, from 1955 to September, 2011. having been relaunched in 1988 and revitalised in 2005. It was quite good but the magazine industry is cut-throat. It was unintentional, but it seems to me that the effect of distorting the image has been to make the model look a bit like Victoria Beckham, the former Posh Spice.

Peter Pan Foundations, Shepherd Street, Mayfair, London. 1966 'She' magazine advertisement. With some adaptations, including small ads from an 'Evening Standard' of similar vintage.

A Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 200mm f/4 Zebra lens on the front cover of an old 'She' magazine. Photographed with a Canon EOS 30D + EF 35-135mm f/4-5.6 lens. The Meyer-Optik Gorlitz Orestegor 200mm, a sturdy East German pre set lens, was in production from 1963 until 1990. However, it was redesignated as a Pentacon following the merger of Meyer-Optik with Pentacon in 1971, when it was given auto diaphragm capability. At some point in the production run the number of iris blades was reduced from 15 to six, presumably as an economy measure. This occurred during the 'Pentacon' years. The original Orestegor with its 15 blades is known as the 'bokeh monster' because the blades form an almost perfect circle. Obviously that sort of geometry is impossible with only six blades in the diaphragm.

Peter Pan Foundations, Shepherd Street, Mayfair, London. 1966 'She' magazine advertisement. With some adaptations, including small ads from an 'Evening Standard' of similar vintage. Canon EOS 40D + Chinon 55mm f/1.4 + Tubes.