Elmer Batters Tribute....

[venray]

An old thread was bumped up concerning the Elmer Batters pics we had up on the old site, so by request I shall attempt to post them here for all who wish to view them....

Here is the man himself....the legend....

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Now on with the show......


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[Storm_Cat]

Thank you so much, kind sir!

The pics that got Photoshop'd cracked me up, though!:D

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[venray]

Thank you so much, kind sir!

The pics that got Photoshop'd cracked me up, though!:D

LOL I hear ya....I am putting up all that we have...got about a hundred or so more to go, so keep an eye out here..... :cool:

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[Storm_Cat]

LOL I hear ya....I am putting up all that we have...got about a hundred or so more to go, so keep an eye out here..... :cool:

Oh I am... I am!

Ya know though, Ray, looking at some of his models, you just have to wonder where he found them. The LA Free Press? :D Lot's of hippy types there, wouldn't you agree? Some of them I remember from his Leg Art magazines, but most are unfamiliar to me.

When I get that book I got off eBay today (see the other thread), I'll scan some of it and get them to you somehow.

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To be continued.............. :xpulcy:

[TklDuo-Drew]

I remember these shots from Leg Show in the early 80s.

The man is an absolute legend!


Oh, Elmer Batters was really cool, too.


;)


Drew

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[ticklingfeet4fu]

I am not exactly sure how I ran into this, but I am glad I did. Great job Ray!!! I really hope you are doing well. :bump: :smilestar

[venray]

Thanks George....We are doing OK...hope you and Amy are as well... :dogpile:

[slacker2114]

Awesome work, ray. Elmer's works were THE first foot/tickle fetish style photos I ever saw. I've tried to find them on the web, but they seem quite hard to come by. Excellent work again, ray.

[venray]

But wait.......there's more.......

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[bugman]

Some great pics Ray,Thanks.:D I have heard of Mr. Batters but had never seen any of his picures that i know of.Could you post a short bio about him?

[venray]

Book cover for "Elmer Batters: Legs That Dance to Elmer's Tune"

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Elmer Batters (1919-1997) was a pioneer fetish photographer who specialized in capturing artful images of women with an emphasis on stockings, legs, and feet. He was ahead of his time in popularizing foot-fetish imagery as erotic entertainment.

Batters started out publishing his photographs himself, and since the late 1960s his work has been featured in magazines such as Leg-O-Rama, Nylon Doubletake, and Black Silk Stockings, to name but a few. He paved the way for such critically acclaimed modern foot-fetish photographers as Ed Fox and Johnny Jaan (Fox has his own photo book due out from Taschen Publishing in fall, 2007). Several foot-fetish web sites (Ex., Foot Fair.com) continue Batters' pioneering photographic style through the use of classic visuals referred to by foot fetishists as "Feet-and-Face" and "the Pose" images.

One of Batters' favorite fetish models was a Rubeneque woman named Caruschka. Little is known about the model's life, but Batters was smitten with her as were his fans. Several photo shoots featured the chubby, attractive Caruska on a garden swing displaying her petite feet in classic foot-fetish "Andalusian- fan" poses as well as exhibiting a set of fine high arches and well-formed calves.

"When I say Caruschka was my favorite model," Batters once wrote, "I don't just mean me. No girl in the history of my leg art business has attracted so many admires as she. Kinda hard to believe these days; I know she is a little heavier than the fashion. Caruschka has charisma though; she still shines through. She also have a beautiful set of full shapely legs, firm and thrusting tits, and delicate, high-arch feet. But are these things what make us love a women? I think not. I think love or even sexual attraction comes from the sparkle in a girl's eyes, the lift of her eyebrow, and the way her lips curl into that provocative smirk that hooks a man's soul like a hapless mackerel. This is Caruscha's strength. Her face seduces me even now--these 25 years later as it has seduced thousands of you. Go ahead and give into her. Even back in the unliberated (years) when these photos where taken, Caruschka was a girl who loved to have men mastrubate over her. Yeah, she was a tease but isn't every woman worth a damn?"

As a foot-fetish pioneer starting in the 1950s, Batters helped make this formerly closeted field of sexual interest more acceptable, even fashionable, among today's hip, well-educated alternative lifestyles set.

Near the end of his life, Batters was rediscovered by German publisher Benedikt Taschen who produced three books of his work, including "From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose" and "Legs That Dance to Elmer's Tune". Taschen became acquainted with Batters' work in "Leg Show" magazine, where editor Dian Hanson introduced Baby Boom fetishists to his photos during the 1980s and 90s. Today, original photographic prints by Batters fetch up to $1500 among fetish-art collectors.

Batters' military career is mentioned briefly in the out-of-print nonfiction book "The Lonely Sky" by test pilot William Bridgeman. This book tells the story of the U.S. Navy's experimental Skyrocket supersonic plane program of the 1950s.

Taschen has published several books featuring the work of Elmer Batters.

"Elmer is to stocking, leg and foot loving folks as Elvis is to rock and roll. He's the man! What a gift he had and he passed it along to us. Now we, who love and enjoy what he loved and enjoyed, can pass it on to the next group who will love and enjoy. His art and affection are timeless!" --from Stockingshq.com

[bugman]

Thanks Ray,very intresting.:D

[venray]

Never get enough of this man's work... :bouncybou