To: pml1@yahoogroups.com
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 09:53:11 -0500
Subject: [PML1] CC: Donna Michelle

Donna Michelle has to be one of the most beautiful women to ever grace 
the pages of Playboy. It seems like it would be impossible to take a bad 
picture of her. In her centerfold (December 1963) we see that sometimes 
the impossible happens.

Some of this is the style of the centerfold. It's an antique white, 
French Provincial setting that was popular at the time. I don't think 
Donna is dark enough to make it work. Setting her against that red drape 
in the background would have been a much better choice.

A lot of it is the pose. The way she is holding her arms and the fig 
leaf, coupled with her angle to the camera flatten out her breast. As 
delightful as her curves are, this should be a criminal offense.

Most of it is her expression. It's way too severe, especially given how 
playful and coy she can appear in some of the other shots.

I'm at a loss to explain why this picture was chosen. Maybe Hef was 
thinking with Little Hef when he picked it out. Remember Donna by her 
truly outstanding and creative PMOY feature in May 1964, not this.

Photographers: Pompeo Posar and Edmund Leja

Scoring:
Pin-up: 0.5
Erotic: 0.5
Artistic: 1.5

Overall: 0.6

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: # 3

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1963/12/centerfold.html
http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1963/12/03-lrg.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI