To: pml1@yahoogroups.com
From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 09:36:24 -0500
Subject: [PML1] CC: Unne Terjesen

In Unne Terjesen's centerfold (July 1962) we see Playboy going as close 
as they could at the time to full frontal nudity. It's not a bad effort, 
and interesting editorial placement just after Merissa Mathes, who was 
equally nude but showed far less.

Two things make this centerfold stand out. The first is Unne's costume. 
It's a sheer piece of fabric that almost reveals. She posed to be just 
coy enough with it to make it work, as if she grabbed a quick cover-up 
and only later discovered it didn't cover as well as she thought it was 
going to. Or maybe she did know.

The second thing that really is nothing short of amazing is the use of 
white. I never cared much for French Provincial, but in the early 
sixties it was the height of feminine elegance. The bad thing for 
Playboy was the difficulty in lighting and printing white. It's a 
first-rate job here, with even the details in the carpet plain to see. 
It's a great effect to have Unne come out of the brightness like an angel.

Too bad they were much less successful the next month.

Photographers: Mario Casilli and Ken Honey

Scoring:
Pin-up: 2.0
Erotic: 3.0
Artistic: 4.0

Overall: 2.6 out of 4.0

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

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1962/07/centerfold-med.html

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI