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Origin of Leisure's front cover.

Postby DrAdder » Wed May 16, 2012 8:30 pm

Hi.

I found the original photo that Stylorouge used on Leisure's front cover with the female swimmer.

http://www.gettyimages.es/detail/foto/swimming-hats-fotograf%C3%ADa-de-stock/127999099

It seems to be taken in late 50s.
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Postby TripleJay97 » Wed May 16, 2012 8:32 pm

Holy hell! Now that I'm used to seeing it on Leisure, it looks photoshopped...
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Postby tom_cas1 » Wed May 16, 2012 8:37 pm

Beautiful photo. I wonder where she is now?
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Postby Blurvert » Wed May 16, 2012 8:39 pm

I was aware Stylorouge did manipulate it, but thank you for that image. the first time i've seen it! I genuanly love that picture...that image looks so weird in that i know Leisure so well
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Postby DrAdder » Wed May 16, 2012 8:43 pm

tom_cas1 wrote:Beautiful photo. I wonder where she is now?


She may has nearly 80 years.
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Postby DrAdder » Wed May 16, 2012 8:45 pm

Blurvert wrote:but thank you for that image.


You're welcome. :wink:
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Postby AdvertBreak » Wed May 16, 2012 9:23 pm

Oh wow thanks for sharing. '54, eh?
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Postby tom_cas1 » Wed May 16, 2012 9:33 pm

DrAdder wrote:
tom_cas1 wrote:Beautiful photo. I wonder where she is now?


She may has nearly 80 years.


Ah yeah good point. She looks like she's early 20's in the photo so maybe she's still alive. It'd definitely be interesting to find out and discover if she knows she's on an album cover. :)
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Postby AdvertBreak » Wed May 16, 2012 9:36 pm

Imagine how creepy it would of been if they'd chosen the other lady.
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Postby 2-J » Wed May 16, 2012 9:44 pm

I've seen that image before, very possibly it was posted here before, but oh well.
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Postby 101reykjavik » Wed May 16, 2012 10:40 pm

Found an alternative shot from the same shoot

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/pho ... HF9191-001
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Postby Jose Miguel » Thu May 17, 2012 7:04 am

I always thought she was a clown.
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Postby Blurvert » Thu May 17, 2012 9:07 am

i've always liked the album cover . i always thought the leaf was one of those lines at the bottom of the swimming pool
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Postby 101reykjavik » Thu May 17, 2012 9:56 am

Agree on the leaf always looked like a line at the bottom of the pool.

For what it's worth, here's the Blur cover shot. Pretty much no manipulation that I can see other than upping the saturation a bit for the album cover maybe. Can't find PL or TGE, though they must have been stock shots.

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/pho ... ilarAssets

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Postby maria- » Thu May 17, 2012 11:00 am

^Hi there :D

I've already seen this picture somewhere, but i don't remember where... I also thought the leaf was a line at the bottom of the pool. But I've never realised that the s/t cover is an image of a paramedic rushing a victim into emergency room, though now it seems obvious :lol:
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