Do you know who this man is with Bettie Page?

slackercruster · April 2nd, 2018, 05:00 PM

I've seen him in a few photos with Bettie Page. It is not Irving Klaw.

trixi · April 3rd, 2018, 08:56 PM

Unknown from a private shooting with multiple Amateur photographers.
Same shootings where all the explicit stuff comes from.

**ConstantOgler** · April 4th, 2018, 09:19 AM

I have seen this or ~. I'll take an educated long shot and say it might be Art Amsie, who did professional published shots of BP and other models in the 50's. May have worked for Klaw, never had fame as a 'tog, unknown here. I don't know what is on web now, but he later became better known to collectors as owner of The Girl Whirl, a shop in the D.C. area that displayed and sold pin-up art. Anyone who has researched Gil Elvgren knows of AA. He was a close friend of GE's, there is a sketch or painting of AA that Gil did, and AA had a very large collection of GE original pin-up art.
I met AA in the 80's, ~ 30 years after this shot. Can't say it's him, but allowing for aging it seems quite possible.

April 2nd, 2018, 05:00 PM	#1
slackercruster Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 29 Thanks: 10 Thanked 131 Times in 21 Posts	Do you know who this man is with Bettie Page? I've seen him in a few photos with Bettie Page. It is not Irving Klaw.

April 4th, 2018, 09:19 AM	#3
ConstantOgler Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Outskirts of Goosebump City, near the BusbyBerkeleyBakery Posts: 777 Thanks: 4,712 Thanked 8,843 Times in 754 Posts	I have seen this or ~. I'll take an educated long shot and say it might be Art Amsie, who did professional published shots of BP and other models in the 50's. May have worked for Klaw, never had fame as a 'tog, unknown here. I don't know what is on web now, but he later became better known to collectors as owner of The Girl Whirl, a shop in the D.C. area that displayed and sold pin-up art. Anyone who has researched Gil Elvgren knows of AA. He was a close friend of GE's, there is a sketch or painting of AA that Gil did, and AA had a very large collection of GE original pin-up art. I met AA in the 80's, ~ 30 years after this shot. Can't say it's him, but allowing for aging it seems quite possible. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Please do PM me on any dead links, loading fails, or other issues with host. It will be fixed!

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April 3rd, 2018, 08:56 PM	#2
trixi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 135 Thanks: 313 Thanked 1,506 Times in 108 Posts	Unknown from a private shooting with multiple Amateur photographers. Same shootings where all the explicit stuff comes from.