To: pml1@yahoogroups.com
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 19:46:28 -0400
Subject: [PML1] CC: Lee Ann Michelle

In Lee Ann Michelle's centerfold (February 1979) she's excited about 
changing her clothes. Really, really excited.

This centerfold falls short in all the ways I measure a centerfold 
except one. Michelle is an attractive woman, and I'm sure she would 
fare better in other settings.

About all you can say about this picture is that it's of a lovely, 
naked woman. Maybe for some viewers that's enough, but for me I want 
a little mystery, romance and/or artistry. It's not enough to be a 
naked woman, there has to be something that draws me to that 
particular naked woman.

The lighting's pretty much O.K., and more or less works with the 
black and silver, but it never comes together with the kind of "snap" 
you get in a very good photo. The composition is too random, a jumble 
of mismatched shapes and bright highlights.

A happy woman is a nice woman to be around, but happiness per se is 
not sexy. There's more to it. Some of the sexiest pictures Playboy et 
al. have run show women overflowing with happiness, but they also 
brim with a sensuality that's only hinted at in this shot.

Coulda been, shoulda been better.

Photographer: Mario Casilli

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

Overall: 1.5

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: # 4

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1979/02/centerfold-med.html
http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1979/02/04-lrg.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI