A cultured periodical that was already considered by many as being obscene was largely regarded as a softcore adult magazine by the time of the Second World War.Īround the same time in the states, explicit comic books were growing in popularity. In the 1920s, the British title ‘Health & Efficiency’ began publishing images of the naked female form in the name of naturism. The introduction of halftone printing in 1880 allowed photographs to be replicated relatively inexpensively and it wasn’t long before the adult industry sat up and took notice here was a method to mass produce erotic imagery and circulate these to a wider audience.įrance was the first such market and nude models were photographed in the name of ‘art’ and appeared in titles that celebrated naturism. Though pornographic images have been produced since the dawn of civilization with the Ancient Greeks depicting the goings on from inside brothels on pottery, the adult magazine (as we know it) first took shape in the 1880s. The center piece would be the appearance of Pop-Art icon Andy Warhol with a dozen Transexual Polaroids entitled BLACK DRAG and commissioned exclusively for the premier issue.Īn excerpt from "SUPER TONGUE" and articles onTHE TUBES plus lots more art, illustration, and color and B&W erotic photography.Ī nice copy of this hard-to-find men's magĬheck out more High Society mags, more "Horsing Around," or other men's mags of the 70s.Adult Magazines: A Brief History Our guide to the best porn magazines and adult nude mags The very firstissue of High Society aims for classy kink with edgy suggestive pictorials, including one about a hot horny horsewoman, and an assortment of muscular dominant small breasted but forceful presensce-type models.
High Society Magazine, Inc., 801 Second Ave., New York, NY 10017 : 1970s Adult Magazine Catalog - HIGH SOCIETY 1.
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