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From: Mark Tomlonson
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:24:57 -0400
Subject: [PML1] CC: Terri Kimball

In Terri Kimball's centerfold (May 1964) she's by her bedstead, waiting 
for us to join her.

We know it's her bed because no heterosexual male would decorate his own 
room in these colors. Red pom-poms on a canopy bed seem an unlikely male 
choice. Men rarely go for this pale, wan, washed out look. Almost forty 
years after this centerfold was shot, the colors seem more washed up 
than anything else. My quarrel with this centerfold is that it seems to 
have no balls.

Things that aren't male can have balls. To me "balls" means strength, 
power and confidence. A woman that can hold her family together after 
her man takes the money and leaves her for a bimbo has balls. The man 
doesn't.

This centerfold doesn't. The white and pink scheme could work, but it's 
not strong enough in this case. It's not white and pink because it's 
filled with color or life, the white and pink are there because the life 
and color has been drained.

Terri's shown probably at her worst, hunched over and timid. Her face 
looks more bored than anything else. Putting her hair up like this was a 
not a good choice.

Photographer: Pompeo Posar

Scoring:
Pin-up: 1.0
Erotic: 1.0
Artistic: 1.0

Overall: 1.0

Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: #17

http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1964/05/centerfold.html
http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1964/05/17-lrg.html

Update:

The esteemed Dan Stiffler disagreed strongly with my review of this 
centerfold. The crux was the effect of the red values. I've only seen 
two prints of this shot, and both have a very pastel shade of red. Dan 
has seen one with a very strong red. I think with a strong red the 
centerfold would take on a much different character than what I described.

Just to be clear, the centerfold is the only picture I've seen of Terri 
that I don't like.

Mark Tomlonson
Kalamazoo MI