Bad Girls by James Alfred Meese
I haven’t been able to find much biographical information about James Meese. He was an illustrator who painted the covers for several paperback book publishers in the 50s and 60s, mostly featuring tough guys and sultry women in dangerous situations. Check out a sampling of his work below.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Earle Bergey is considered to have been one of the most prolific and influential pulp fiction artists of the 20th Century. His most famous cover was the one he painted for Gentleman Prefer Blondes in 1948.
Check out that cover and some more of Earle Bergey’s work below!
Born in Kansas and educated at the Kansas City Art Institute, Robert Stanley was a prolific cover artist who worked for paperback publishers like Bantam, Dell, Eagle Books, Lancer Books, Lion Books, Popular Library, and Pyramid Books. He’s probably best known for the racy work he did for Beacon Books.
A small sampling of his work can be found below.
46 years ago today, Apollo 11’s lunar module successfully landed on the Moon and in the Sea of Tranquility. Soon afterwards, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the surface of the Moon.
Happy Moon Day from the Shattered Lens!
(photography by Erin Nicole)
Photograph by Erin Nicole
Photography by Erin Nicole
Over the course of his 50 year career, Robert Maguire produced over 600 paperback covers, doing work for almost every mainstream publishing house in New York City. After beginning his education at Duke University, Maguire served in World War II and then studied with the Art Students League. He did his first covers in 1950 and, over the next two decades, his paintings would define the pulp genre. Below is a small sampling of his art. You can learn more about Robert Maguire and see more of his work at R.A. Maguire Cover Art.
Painter James Avati has been called both the “Father of the Paperback Book Covers” and the “Rembrandt of Paperback Book Covers.” Born in New Jersey, Avati studied architecture at Princeton University and, after serving in World War II, became a prolific commercial illustrator and cover artist. At first he used professional models but the majority of his paintings used friends, family, and people he spotted on the streets of Red Bank, New Jersey. Ten years before his death at the age 92, Avati was inducted into the Society of Illustrators’ Hall Of Fame.
Happy 4th of July! Here to help you celebrate are 16 “American” movie posters!
(Photograph by Erin Nicole)
To all of our American readers, Happy 4th of July from the Shattered Lens!
(Photograph by Erin Nicole)
With the 4th of July approaching, consider life in small town America with these 13 photographs!
Photograph by Alex Leme
Photograph by Erin Nicole
Photograph by Erin Nicole
Photograph by Erin Nicole
Photograph by Erin Nicole
Photographer Unknown
Photograph by Scott Wishart
Photograph by Scott Wishart
Photograph by Tim Richmond
Photograph by Tim Richmond
Photograph by Tim Richmond
Photograph by Wildstar aka Jimpossible
Photograph by Wildstar aka Jimpossible
(Photograph by Erin Nicole)
With the 4th of July only two days away, let’s consider the diversity of America with these 12 wonderful examples of American street photography!
Photograph by Andrew Sweigart
Photograph by Arthur Leipzig
Photograph by Arthur Tressman
Photograph by David Lewis Baker
Photograph by Eddie Wexler
Photograph by James Maher
Photograph by Markus Hartel
Photograph by Markus Hartel
Photograph by Robert M. Johnson
Photograph by Troy Holden
Photograph by James Maher
Through the Shattered Lens 