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Dear Brother Pvt.Panic! (Is that a name, or a statement? I'm asking very
friendly ;-)
Your 'Fila' posting seems to be an arbitrary collection of photographs
shot in one -- and only -- session some time before 1985, but published
in several instances around the said year.
a. The cover and first eight pictures (Fila Lander) were scanned from a
as 'Kitty Island', publishing year unknown.
b. The hue in pictures 10 to 18 (Frances Voy) resembles strongly that of
'Mayfair' of the 1970's or early 1980's.
c. The pictures 21 to 27 (Sunshine Girl) give no hint (to me) of the origin.
d. What ever was in pictures 9, 19, 20, 24, 26, or beyond 27 is unknown
to me; I don't have them.
I have put this series under 'Alan Sass' for many years ago, but also
put (into parenthesis) the name 'Roy Brewington'. Where did that name
come up, I really cannot recall anymore.
About the information in Paul Raymond Publications (of the U.K.)
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namely: Men Only, Club International, Mayfair, etc.
The publisher is notorious of using numerous nicks even for a single
photographer. The intention seems to be 'a domestic photographer, right
from next door'. The same applies most certainly to the model names,
unless in rare occasions Frenchness, or alike, is believed to sell better.
The same seemed to be true with Mayfair as well, also before it was
annexed to the PR publications around 1990, or so.
As an example: the works of a well known French photographer Jean-Pierre
Bourgeois have been credited repeatedly in the pages of PRP to: John
Patrick Burgess, Patrick Burgess, Peter Burgess, Michael Moore, Michel
Moreau, Michelle Moreau, and who knows what else.
Alan Sass is a well known German photographer, having also dedicated
website of his own (or at least had in 2002, when I last checked). There
has been some pictorials in PRP (or in the ancient Mayfair) credited to
him, so let's believe in that.
Searching for 'Roy Brewington' in internet returns mostly references to
PRP, or other similarily cheating magazines, and I have strong doubts
that the guy doesn't exist at all, but is purely a nick of someone
hiding his true identity (maybe Alan Sass?). Bluntly: I cannot be sure
of that. Maybe I'm wrong. Make further excavations into the net, and
judge for yourself.
About the information in Japanese books
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The way the Japanese spell foreign names in their domestic writing
system is far from perfect, due to the unsurmountable differences in the
phonetic structure between Japanese and most European languages.
Most importantly:
1. Japanese doesn't have a sound for 'L'; it's replaced with 'R'.
2. Japanese syllable cannot end with any other consonant but -n; this
has been overcome in foreign words by using a u-ending syllabary in
place of any other ending consonant of the original language.
Spelling being rather arbitrary recognizing the foreign names in
Japanese writing is very much a guesswork. If you know a number of
possible names, such as famous photographers', it's not that difficult,
although. For other names, such as the very likely fictitious ones of
models, it is often impossible to fetch the intended name correctly.
'Re-romajizing' (=relatinizing) the information given in the first
following data:
1. The model's name is spelled as [fu-i-ra ra-n-de-ru] which stands
most likely for 'Fila Lander'. Possible other interpretations might be
Fira, Huira, Huila, Wila or Wira, and Landel, Randel, or Rander; also
I have never heard of a given name Fila, Fira, or others mentioned in
any other circumstances, so the correctness of it is rather questionable.
2. The photographer is stated to be [a-ra-n sa-su]; that is quite
clearly 'Alan Sass'.
3. The model is said to be sixteen years of age (at the time of
shooting, possibly true).
4. Model's birthday is stated as 1968-2-13, or February 13, 1968. Most
likely incorrect, at least the year.
The publisher wanted to make the impression (in 1984) that the pictures
were new, not five or ten years old. So all the models' true ages at the
time of actual photography were recalculated backwards from 1984, giving
birthdays often very far from truth.
This is very clear with Eva Ionesco, who was 12 years old when
photographed by Jacques Bourboulon in 1977. The book tells her year of
birth being 1970, but she was really born in 1965, in Paris to be sure.
correct, so let's believe in it. (At least Eva Ionesco, Jacques
Bourboulon, and Alan Sass are true names of true, living persons.)
The Conclusion
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The Model: Fila Lander (or something sounding similar; not Frances Voy,
or anything similar). A nationality does exist, definitely a Sunshine Girl.
The Photographer: Alan Sass, of Germany.
The Age: Sweet Lil' Sixteen, indeed.
The Birthday: Possibly February 13th, unknown year, before 1969.
The Date of Shooting: Before 1985.
The Place of Shooting: Mediterranean surroundings, might well be Ibiza.
Even the shoes resemble a lot the notorious shoes of M. Bourboulon.
So, what is the truth? Really?
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photography, but also for the enigmatic, but possibly true, information
given within it. Some of the misinterpreted data has lead to the widely
and wildly spread misnaming of a very popular Hamilton/Bourboulon model
of yesteryears in this very newsgroup: not 'Amanda' but Sabine.
That's an other story, however. Read the message following soon!
Best regards
Eloi Morlock
@kweendom.com
P.S. This newsgroup was founded on the first day of December of 1998. A
decennial is coming, soon. Do we celebrate it, and how? (in addition to
consuming a large Cognac on proper date)
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