To: pml1@yahoogroups.com From: Mark Tomlonson Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 10:43:18 -0400 Subject: [PML1] CC: Ann Pennington (revised) In Ann Pennington's centerfold (March 1976) she's leaning on a chair, waiting expectantly for the viewer to make the next move. The lighting, compositional structure and technique are first rate. Ann is a lovely young woman, and can personify the ideal "The Girl Next Door": Susie Tightsweater, head cheerleader and the girl you wished you could have taken to the prom. This isn't the same Susie Tightsweater we would have seen five years before this. Instead of the girl next door, we get the woman next door. Innocence as opposed to virginity is no longer the ideal. Playboy is now going after an experienced, knowing look. It's tricky, because they still don't want slutty. In this case, Playboy has enough class and taste, and Ann enough versatility to make the look work - but it's not the best fit. As a result, there is an element of distance placed between the model and the viewer. Ann is not projecting a quality of herself so much as what she imagines it would be like to have that quality. Ann is almost, but not quite, that good of an actress, and the centerfold is almost, but not quite, a real stunner. Photographer: Pompeo Posar Scoring: Pin-up: 3.0 Erotic: 3.5 Artistic: 4.0 Overall: 3.3 out of 4.0 Cyber Club Portfolio Photo I like better than the Centerfold: # 8 http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1976/03/centerfold.html http://cyber.playboy.com/members/playmates/files/1976/03/08-lrg.html Mark Tomlonson Kalamazoo MI