Elmer Batters
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Elmer Batters was a pioneer fetish photographer who specialized in capturing artful images of women with an emphasis on stockings, legs, and feet: ahead of his time in popularizing foot fetishism
imagery as erotic entertainment.
(Fox has his own photo book
due out from Taschen Publishing in February, 2008). Several foot-fetish web sites (e.g. footfactory.com, FeetFair.com, Footpixies.com, johnnyjaan.com) continue Batters's 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 Rubenesque 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 Caruschka 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 admirers 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 has 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 woman? 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 in to her. Even back in the unliberated (years) when these photos where taken, Caruschka was a girl who loved to have men masturbate 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 a new generation of 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.
Foot fetishism
Foot fetishism, foot partialism, foot worship, or podophilia is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. It is the most common form of sexual preference for otherwise non-sexual objects or body parts.-Characteristics:...
imagery as erotic entertainment.
Career
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 JaanJohnny Jaan
Johnny Jaan is a professional photographer specializing in portraiture and foot fetishism.His work has been published in publications such as Leg Show and more recently in a Foot Fetish article in the October issue of the Spanish GQ....
(Fox has his own photo book
Photo album
A photographic album, or photo album, is a collection of photographs, generally in a book. Some albums have compartments which the photos may be slipped into; other albums have heavy paper with an abrasive surface covered with clear plastic sheets, in which photos can be put...
due out from Taschen Publishing in February, 2008). Several foot-fetish web sites (e.g. footfactory.com, FeetFair.com, Footpixies.com, johnnyjaan.com) continue Batters's pioneering photographic style through the use of classic visuals referred to by foot fetishists
Foot fetishism
Foot fetishism, foot partialism, foot worship, or podophilia is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. It is the most common form of sexual preference for otherwise non-sexual objects or body parts.-Characteristics:...
as "Feet-and-Face" and "the Pose" images.
One of Batters' favorite fetish models was a Rubenesque 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 Caruschka 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 admirers 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 has 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 woman? I think not. I think love or even sexual attraction
Sexual attraction
Sexual attractiveness or sex appeal refers to an individual's ability to attract the sexual or erotic interest of another person, and is a factor in sexual selection or mate choice. The attraction can be to the physical or other qualities or traits of a person, or to such qualities in the context...
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 in to her. Even back in the unliberated (years) when these photos where taken, Caruschka was a girl who loved to have men masturbate 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 a new generation of 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
Bill Bridgeman
William [Bill] Barton Bridgeman was an American test pilot who broke aviation records while working for the Douglas aircraft company testing experimental aircraft....
. This book tells the story of the U.S. Navy's experimental Skyrocket
XF5F Skyrocket
|-Notable appearances in media:The XF5F Skyrocket featured in the Blackhawk comic books.-See also:-Bibliography:* Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters. London: Macdonald & Co., 1961. ISBN 0-356-01448-7....
supersonic plane program of the 1950s.
Taschen
Taschen
Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection...
has published several books featuring the work of Elmer Batters.