Mary Willumsen
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| - | + | '''Mary Birgitte Cecilie Magdalene Willumsen''' (1884–1961) was a [[photography in Denmark|Danish photographer]] who, as early as 1916, sold postcards with photographs of women in scanty clothing or nude postures taken at [[Copenhagen]]'s Helgoland beach establishment. She discontinued her work when the police began to show interest in kiosks selling nude photographs. Her work is now considered to have considerable artistic value. | |
| - | A '''French postcard''' is a small, [[postcard]]-sized piece of cardstock featuring a photograph of a nude or semi-nude woman. Such erotic cards were produced in great volume, primarily in France, in the late 19th and early 20th century. The term was adopted in the United States, where such cards were not legally made. The cards were sold as postcards, but the primary purpose was not for sending by mail, as they would have been banned from delivery. The cards sometimes even depicted naked lesbians. French street vendors, tobacco shops and a variety of other vendors bought the photographs for resale to tourists. | + | |
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| - | ==French postcard images== | + | |
| - | A number of photographers and studios produced French postcards, with some of them featuring particularly popular models. | + | |
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| - | ===Orientalist images=== | + | |
| - | Many photographers and studios specialized in images with an [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] theme. | + | |
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| - | [[Boudoir photography]], [[Count Jim Moriarty]], [[Erotic photography]], [[Erotica]], [[Evelyn Nesbit]], [[Fernande Barrey]], [[French Postcards]], [[Glamour photography]], [[History of erotic depictions]], [[Jean Agélou]], [[Julien Mandel]], [[Mary Willumsen]], [[Mrs Henderson Presents]], [[Postcard]], [[Sex in advertising]], [[Softcore pornography]], [[Woman Is the Future of Man]] | + | |
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| - | ==Further reading== | + | |
| - | * ''French Postcards: An Album of Vintage Erotica'', Martin Stevens. [[RCS MediaGroup|Universe Books/Rizzoli]], 2007, {{ISBN|978-0789315342}} | + | |
| - | * P. Hammond ''French undressing: naughty postcards from 1900 to 1920''. London: Jupiter, 1976. | + | |
| - | * W. Oulette, B. Jones ''Erotic postcards''. New York: Excalibur, 1977. | + | |
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| - | :''[[postcard]]s, [[French erotica]], [[striptease in France]], [[erotic postcard]]'' | + | *[[Photography in Denmark]] |
| - | *''[[French Undressing - Naughty Postcards from 1900 to 1920]]'' (1976) is a book by English writer [[Paul Hammond]] first published by Jupiter Books Limited London. | + | *[[Nude photography]] |
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Mary Birgitte Cecilie Magdalene Willumsen (1884–1961) was a Danish photographer who, as early as 1916, sold postcards with photographs of women in scanty clothing or nude postures taken at Copenhagen's Helgoland beach establishment. She discontinued her work when the police began to show interest in kiosks selling nude photographs. Her work is now considered to have considerable artistic value.
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