Irving Klaw
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| - | '''Irving Klaw''' ([[November 9]], [[1910]] - [[September 3]], [[1966]]) was an American [[photographer]] and [[filmmaker]]. | + | '''Irving Klaw''' (November 9, 1910 – September 3, 1966) was an American merchant of [[sexploitation]], [[fetish]], and Hollywood [[glamour]] [[pin-up photographs and films]]. Like his predecessor, [[Charles Guyette]], who was also a merchant of fetish-themed photographs, Klaw was not a photographer, but a merchandiser of fetish art imagery and films. His great contribution to the world was to commission fetish art (with the likes of models like [[Bettie Page]], June King, Joan Rydell, Jackie Miller, et al.) and sponsor illustrative artists (like [[Eric Stanton]], [[Gene Bilbrew]], and many others), and to indirectly promote the legacy of [[Charles Guyette]] and [[John Willie]]. Irving Klaw is a central figure in what fetish art historian Richard Pérez Seves has designated as the "Bizarre Underground," the pre-1970 fetish art years. |
| - | Klaw is best-known for operating a mail-order business selling photographs and film of attractive women (sometimes in [[Bondage (BDSM)|bondage]]) from the [[1940s]] to the [[1960s]]. He was one of the first [[fetish photographer]]s, and his model [[Bettie Page]] became the first famous [[bondage model]]. | ||
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"In the early 1950s, photographer Irving Klaw filmed a very profitable series of burlesque features, usually featuring star cheesecake model Bettie Page and various lowbrow comedians (including future TV star Joe E. Ross). Page's most famous features are Striporama (1953), Varietease (1954), and Teaserama (1955)."--Sholem Stein |
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Irving Klaw (November 9, 1910 – September 3, 1966) was an American merchant of sexploitation, fetish, and Hollywood glamour pin-up photographs and films. Like his predecessor, Charles Guyette, who was also a merchant of fetish-themed photographs, Klaw was not a photographer, but a merchandiser of fetish art imagery and films. His great contribution to the world was to commission fetish art (with the likes of models like Bettie Page, June King, Joan Rydell, Jackie Miller, et al.) and sponsor illustrative artists (like Eric Stanton, Gene Bilbrew, and many others), and to indirectly promote the legacy of Charles Guyette and John Willie. Irving Klaw is a central figure in what fetish art historian Richard Pérez Seves has designated as the "Bizarre Underground," the pre-1970 fetish art years.
