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From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:58:04 -0500
Subject: [PML1] CC: Kari Knudsen

In Kari Knudsen's centerfold (February 1962) she's in front of the fire, 
warming herself after a skate.

When you put a pretty, mostly-naked girl in front of a roaring fire it 
almost always works. It works here but what really makes this centerfold 
is Kari's smile. It's a good blend of invitation, sexiness and 
happiness. You really don't need a whole lot more than that to make a 
good pin-up.

Which is why the breast squeeze seems more than a bit egregious. Kari 
doesn't need it. I suppose there are and always have been Playboy 
readers who couldn't relate to a centerfold unless it had a generous 
amount of cleavage, but that's their problem, not Kari's. I wish she 
could have relaxed her arms a bit more.

The skates and Kari's pants add a nice bit of weight to the photo. The 
sweater is the right color for Kari and it ends at just the right spot. 
Ending it there introduces the problem of what to do with the bottom 
half of what makes Kari a woman. The answer was to print the area dark, 
a technique that was more successful in some examples of the centerfold 
than in others.

Photographers: Barbara Kerr and Justin Kerr

Scoring:
Pin-up: 4.0
Erotic: 2.0
Artistic: 2.5

Overall: 3.1 out of 4.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: none

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1962/02/centerfold.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI