2004, ISBN: 9780944092538

Hardcover

San Francisco: Falcon Entertainment and Brentwood, 1976-82. A fine collection of mid-70s to early 80s gay film flyers and catalogs. There are seven original envelopes containing 32 flyer… More...

San Francisco: Falcon Entertainment and Brentwood, 1976-82. A fine collection of mid-70s to early 80s gay film flyers and catalogs. There are seven original envelopes containing 32 flyers and catalogs plus one larger catalog from the video department of Chicago's gay Bijou Theatre (ca. 1982 with 109 pp. advertising "over 600 gay male video tapes"). The inserts (folded and very well illustrated from photographs, almost all in color) advertise either gay porn stars or their movies. Presumably one could order these films but we see no ordering forms (other than in the Bijou catalog). Today these barely lift an eyebrow but in 1977 they were considered almost illegal. Filled with highly detailed pornographic gay photographic images. Very good condition.Falcon Entertainment (also known as Falcon Studios), a United States company based in San Francisco, California, is one of the world's largest producers of gay pornography. Founded in 1971 by Chuck Holmes, the company is one of the most recognizable brand names in gay pornography. Gay stars such as Steven Scarborough, John Rutherford, Chi Chi LaRue, amd Bruce Cam all did work for Falcon. Prior to 2004 the Falcon Family of Companies was owned by parent company Conwest Resources Inc.. Conwest was, in turn, was owned by the Charles M. Holmes Foundation, a charitable foundation based in Portland, Oregon. The foundation supports a wide range of organizations, including groups protecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, organizations which provide support to people living with HIV/AIDS, and others that help homeless youth or fight pediatric cancer and autism. In 2004, the company's management bought Falcon from Conwest through 3Media Corp., a company that was formed by Falcon executives Terry Mahaffey and Todd Montgomery. 3Media eventually assumed the Conwest name. The buyout was arranged in order to separate the business from the Charles M. Holmes Foundation, which continues to function as a nonprofit organization.Brentwood Films was created in the early 70s in San Francisco by Matt Sterling. Both Holmes of Falcon and Sterling of Brentwood used John Travis as cameraman. But the two companies were very different in their styles with Brentwood movies striving to be like one-act plays and the Falcon Films pursuing pure sexual action. One of Brentwood's most notable films was "The Paperboy and Mr. Egan" and that film is advertised in Volume of of the Collector's edition offered here. Matt Sterling wanted his films to be more mainstream and content-based where Falcon was more directed toward the purely lewd. OCLC has none of the Brentwood publications. A few Starline (a play on the owner's name) pamphlets are included as they were a subsidiary of Brentwood. Much as "video killed the radio stars" so "internet killed the video stars", making these vintage catalogs harder and harder to find., Falcon Entertainment and Brentwood, 1976-82, 0, Santa Fe, NM, 1998., 1998. Special edition with signed gelatin silver print laid in of "Brad & Corey". Oblong 4to. 48 b/w photographs. Text by A.M. Homes. Dust jacket (unclipped). Original black clamshell box (small bump to clamshell box). Fine, as new. Number 29 of 50 numbered copies.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine., Santa Fe, NM, 1998., 1998, 0, Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 102 pages. Landmark collection of sex pictures. Now considered a contemporary erotic art photography classic. Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the Limited Edition of 4000 copies. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Ken Probst and Jack Woody: Regular-sized volume format. Glossy red hard boards with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Ken Probst. "Ballad For the Beautiful Boy, Or Why I Like Photography" by A. M. Homes. Original 10 X 8 inch photographic print mounted on pristine-white boards and laid into the box. Black cloth clamshell box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Deluxe Edition format, Ken Probst's "Pornographic". One of the most unusual erotica books ever published: "Behind-the-scenes" photographs of porn stars "in action". Popularly (and aptly) known as The Valley, an actual place as well as the metaphorical opposite of The Heights of Hollywood, American pornography is a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of this puritanical country's biggest exports. Probst was hired to photograph film actors for publicity pictures and video boxes. Once on the sets, he began to photograph behind-the-scenes, revealing the absurdity, pathos, and humanity of the business. Despite its ironic stance, it is a highly erotic collection, and provides a remarkable glimpse of the mechanics of manufacturing desire. That is why the original print that the Deluxe Edition comes with is stunning: The cameraman is visible in the foreground but only as a silhouette while the male actors (who are in the throes of anal sex) in the background are brightly lit, reversing the focussed foreground/blurred background photographic convention, in keeping with Probst's point about the "behind-the-scenes" versus "in action" dynamic of desire. An absolute "must-have" title for Ken Probst collectors. This is a copy of the Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page (Number 50/50), the very last, and therefore most collectible, copy. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the page opposite the very first plate by Ken Probst. It comes with an original 10 X 8 inch photographic print that is mounted in white boards, also very prominently and beautifully numbered, titled, and signed in pencil by the photographer: "Brad & Corey 50/50 Ken Probst". This title is an erotic art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Deluxe Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 48 duotone plates, 1 original print. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 0944092535., Twin Palms Publishing, 1998, 5<

1998, ISBN: 9780944092538

Hardcover

Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. As New/Non… More...

Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 102 pages. Landmark collection of sex pictures. Now considered a contemporary erotic art photography classic. Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the Limited Edition of 4000 copies. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Ken Probst and Jack Woody: Regular-sized volume format. Glossy red hard boards with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Ken Probst. "Ballad For the Beautiful Boy, Or Why I Like Photography" by A. M. Homes. Original 10 X 8 inch photographic print mounted on pristine-white boards and laid into the box. Black cloth clamshell box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Deluxe Edition format, Ken Probst's "Pornographic". One of the most unusual erotica books ever published: "Behind-the-scenes" photographs of porn stars "in action". Popularly (and aptly) known as The Valley, an actual place as well as the metaphorical opposite of The Heights of Hollywood, American pornography is a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of this puritanical country's biggest exports. Probst was hired to photograph film actors for publicity pictures and video boxes. Once on the sets, he began to photograph behind-the-scenes, revealing the absurdity, pathos, and humanity of the business. Despite its ironic stance, it is a highly erotic collection, and provides a remarkable glimpse of the mechanics of manufacturing desire. That is why the original print that the Deluxe Edition comes with is stunning: The cameraman is visible in the foreground but only as a silhouette while the male actors (who are in the throes of anal sex) in the background are brightly lit, reversing the focussed foreground/blurred background photographic convention, in keeping with Probst's point about the "behind-the-scenes" versus "in action" dynamic of desire. An absolute "must-have" title for Ken Probst collectors. This is a copy of the Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page (Number 50/50), the very last, and therefore most collectible, copy. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the page opposite the very first plate by Ken Probst. It comes with an original 10 X 8 inch photographic print that is mounted in white boards, also very prominently and beautifully numbered, titled, and signed in pencil by the photographer: "Brad & Corey 50/50 Ken Probst". This title is an erotic art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Deluxe Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 48 duotone plates, 1 original print. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. . ISBN 0944092535., Twin Palms Publishing, 1998, 5<

1998, ISBN: 0944092535

Hardcover, First edition

[EAN: 9780944092538], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998], 1st Printing. Signed. 102 pages. Published in 1998. Landmark collection of sex pictures. Now con… More...

[EAN: 9780944092538], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1998], 1st Printing. Signed. 102 pages. Published in 1998. Landmark collection of sex pictures. Now considered a contemporary erotic art photography classic. Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with the Limited Edition of 4000 copies. The Deluxe Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Ken Probst and Jack Woody: Regular-sized volume format. Glossy red hard boards with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Ken Probst. "Ballad For the Beautiful Boy, Or Why I Like Photography" by A. M. Homes. Original 10 X 8 inch photographic print mounted on pristine-white boards and laid into the box. Black cloth clamshell box. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Deluxe Edition format, Ken Probst's "Pornographic". One of the most unusual erotica books ever published: "Behind-the-scenes" photographs of porn stars "in action". Popularly (and aptly) known as The Valley, an actual place as well as the metaphorical opposite of The Heights of Hollywood, American pornography is a multi-billion-dollar industry and one of this puritanical country's biggest exports. Probst was hired to photograph film actors for publicity pictures and video boxes. Once on the sets, he began to photograph behind-the-scenes, revealing the absurdity, pathos, and humanity of the business. Despite its ironic stance, it is a highly erotic collection, and provides a remarkable glimpse of the mechanics of manufacturing desire. That is why the original print that the Deluxe Edition comes with is stunning: The cameraman is visible in the foreground but only as a silhouette while the male actors (who are in the throes of anal sex) in the background are brightly lit, reversing the focussed foreground/blurred background photographic convention, in keeping with Probst's point about the "behind-the-scenes" versus "in action" dynamic of desire. An absolute "must-have" title for Ken Probst collectors. This is a copy of the Deluxe Clamshell Box Edition of 50 numbered and signed copies, indicated/numbered as such on the Back Limitation Page (Number 50/50), the very last, and therefore most collectible, copy. It is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the page opposite the very first plate by Ken Probst. It comes with an original 10 X 8 inch photographic print that is mounted in white boards, also very prominently and beautifully numbered, titled, and signed in pencil by the photographer: "Brad & Corey 50/50 Ken Probst". This title is an erotic art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the Deluxe Edition still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 48 duotone plates, 1 original print. One of the most brilliant American photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. ISBN 0944092535., Books<