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Elmer
Batters
Elmer
Batters has spent a lifetime looking through a viewfinder at women's legs
and feet. Schooled in the classic Elvgren pin-up art of World War II,
Elmer began photographing live models in the late 1940's in sunny Los
Angeles, California. Unlike his peers, Batters wasn't breast-obsessed. His
vision began at the "tip of the toes" and ran to the "tip
of the hose".
In the beginning Elmer would shoot all day and print all night. He'd
submit his work to leg art magazines, but unfortunately many of the
mainstream "girlie" magazines didn't share his interest. In the
early 60's he turned to self-publishing and inadvertently found his
publisher. All 5,000 copies of Man's Favorite Pastime sold out. During the
60's and 70's he created Black Silk Stockings, Sheer Delight, Leg-O-Rama,
Nylon Double Take, Tip Top, and Thigh High from his photographs and ideas.
In the 70's he produced his now classic small magazine Leg Art. During
these years he faced censorship problems, court cases, and insufficient
funding, until finally, pin-up photography lost its popularity and
magazine editors demanded more explicit (gynecological) images of women.
The tease era was over. Elmer quit.
Fortunately, in 1981 he was asked to republish his works in Leg Show
magazine. Through the efforts of editor Diane Hanson, Batter's popularity
has increased even more.
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