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Lily Labeau, you are my airplane nose

May 27, 2011 Gram the Man 0

Lily Labeau has a Greatest Generation Pinup quality that was perfectly captured by photographer Rick Garcia

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Chuck Stevens: Black, White, & Bound

May 10, 2011 Gram the Man 0

Photographer Chuck Stevens is getting a digital retrospective of his subtle, beautiful work at the online gallery erotographic.

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“Money Shots!” Shooting nudes and keeping cool with Michael Charles

February 23, 2011 Gram the Man 2

“Some women are comfortable being sexy right out of the gate, sexy and naked in person,” Michael Charles says. “And they can be a dream to work with. But it’s a skill to bring that look or emotion out with your camera, so that it translates to a webpage or a magazine.”

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Andrew Einhorn makes “Naked Happy” coffee tables

August 16, 2010 Gram the Man 5

Einhorn: As I get older and the models get younger, there is less and less chance for sexual interaction.

GP: Sorry.

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Jesse Jane and colleagues: “Off the Set,” up in the air, or on the outs

December 19, 2009 Gram the Man 3

Just because many of the porn couples in this book are no longer couples doesn’t mean they get edited out

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“Naked States”: The Origins of Spencer Tunick’s nudestack

November 11, 2009 Gram the Man 0

Because I am base-minded and low, I was not able to walk away, for I had an erection.

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Naked Ambition: Porn stars photographed, interviewed

April 17, 2009 Gram the Man 0

Photographer Michael Grecco brought a movie camera along when he was shooting the stills for the coffeetable book “Naked Ambition: An R-Rated Look at an […]

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Pornic Voices: Simply Jimmy D

March 25, 2009 Gram the Man 3

James DiGiorgio is one of those guys who has been working in Porn Valley for so long that nothing surprises him. I haven’t seen him […]

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Staying symmetrical with Daisy Marie

March 3, 2009 Gram the Man 1

Prior to galvanizing the adult industry by my mere presence in it, I had little idea who people were. I think I’d heard of Ron […]

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Come see Ashley Blue’s Booty

January 29, 2009 Gram the Man 0

As you know, The Arts are important (or is important). For that reason we must encourage all forms of it that require moving away from […]

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No Name Jane to start working with John Does again

January 15, 2009 Gram the Man 0

Porn star marriages are tender things. Noname Jane (formerly Violet Blue) is married to a nice guy named Dick Danger, with whom she worked exclusively […]

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Ed Fox: No mean feet

July 5, 2008 Gram the Man 0

Photographer Ed Fox (whose picture of the newly-minted Noname Jane debuted on this site a week ago) is displaying his work for Garage Magazine at […]

The Voluptuous Feet of Ed Fox (and Jenna Presley)

March 11, 2008 Gram the Man 2

I have never before thought of feet as voluptuous, or that they could be. Now I will require it.

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Andrew Einhorn’s “Naked Happy Girls”: Putting The Happy Back In Naked

February 1, 2008 Gram the Man 0

“This is the greatest day in the history of the world,” said photographer Andrew Einhorn when the first happy girl he knew agreed to be […]

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