#383 - H H 5 3 1974
High Heels, Volume 5, Number 3,
Eros Goldstripe, 1974
a digital replica
and
optimized for ebook viewing
Leonard Burtman – publisher of Exotique, Satana, Bizarre Life – moved operations from New York to California around 1970. While Star was the print shop for the East Coast, Magcorp produced adult zines west of the Rockies. The move improved the quality of photography and printing.
While his 1960s images were shadowy and dark, the pictures in his West Coast magazines are filled with “California sunshine”. The photography appears to be done by an informed professional with a fetishist’s point of view. The locales are not a Manhattan penthouse, but California apartments and houses. Instead of standing in front of Mr. Burtman’s tufted bar, sexy California girls recline on sofas and beds, and stand on shag carpet. Like many Burtman zines, the cover model is not found inside.
High Heels, 5 3., an Eros Goldstripe magazine from 1974, includes six pictorials of models with pretty legs, most of whom hold a whip. In one of these sets, a tough blond punishes the man in the living room with the heels of her boots, rope bondage, and a belt.
Most heels are 5 inches on pumps, two-tone boots, thigh-high boots, and zipper boots, all nicely posed and well-lit. Alas, sheer 1950s stockings are replaced by hosiery knitted of yarn that stretches. Most of these models were photographed without make-up, which was considered a "natural" style in the 1970s.
Possibly suggested by the old Bilbrew illustration that accompanies it, a short story set in colorful Southern California develops a mood and milieu with surprising style. An article speculates about the connection between high heels and pain.
The 56-page magazine is presented in a page-by-page digital replica and a 70-page optimized version.
The contrast and brightness of images has been adjusted and specks and spots re-touched. Some page layouts have been modified to obtain larger pictures of the models. This involves removing borders, reducing empty margins, and moving captions and pictures.
Two e-books, a digital replica and an optimized version, delivered by download link.