| ... gross,
crass, and stupid ... ... did we catch hell? ... ...so was it worth it? |
The Beauty of the Week feature was
incredibly popular among readers, but many of them liked it only for
the opportunity it gave them to criticize us for being gross, crass,
and stupid (and this was before Women's Lib had hit Licking County in
full force.) For the most part, therefore, the girls in the series were shown as sweet and innocent and had all or most of their clothes on. But the temptation got overwhelming occasionally and I'd throw in a zinger. Of the zingers this was my dream zinger - a beautiful woman in a white negligee on a bearskin rug. The owner of the bearskin rug suggested it, as I recall. He was Don Byrd, a local attorney who'd bagged the bear himself, as explained in the photo caption. The other half of the photo was volunteered by the woman's husband, though he stayed within earshot of the studio while I photographed her. Still, a generous move to share his wife like this. The trouble I had while shooting (well, one of the troubles I can talk about) was keeping the photo tamed down and family-newspaper ready. So there isn't any of her frontal showing. Still ... Did we catch hell for it. Oh, yeah. Was it worth it? Oh, yeah.  |
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