Beginning in the late 50s, he used his 35mm camera for much of his glamour work because of the speed and ease of operation. For the majority of his glamour picture stories, he used a medium format camera (Rolleiflex) and his 35mm Nikons. For color, he used an 8x10 view camera, but for most of his cover work, he used the 4x5 Graflex. When something is left to the imagination, the mind becomes pleasantly stimulated and the result is provocative glamour."Ĭamera equipment used by Sutton included commercial view cameras, the 4x5 Graflex and 4x5 Graphic, the Rolleiflex and Nikon (35mm). In 1959, he wrote: "A costume that completely hides the figure is as bad as one that reveals too much. Like many of his colleagues in the industry, David felt that having his models show some modesty was essential to good glamour photography. After the war, he spent some time doing a bit of freelance photography, worked for Life magazine for a short while, and then headed west for Los Angeles, where the weather and locations made it a perfect playground for glamour photography. He took up photography while in his teens and when he was called into service during WWII, it was natural for him to become a combat photographer, flying B-25 missions over China and Burma. He also shot the cover for that issue.ĭavid Sutton was born on Apand was a native New Yorker. Sutton, along with Edward DeLong, photographed Dawn Richard for the May 1957 Playmate pictorial.Ī few other Playboy contributions include: Champagne Flight to Vegas - a 5 page pictorial (featuring Sally Todd) for the June 1956 issue and Playboy's Yacht Party - an 8 page pictorial for the July 1957 issue.
For Playboy, Sutton photographed one of the aforementioned models, Sally Todd for the Feb. His glamour work featured such Hollywood models and actresses as Cheryl Kubert, Barbara Huffman (Barbara Eden), Vikki Dougan, Shirley Kilpatrick, Dane Arden (Elsa Sorenson), Joi Lansing, Sally Todd, Rosemarie Bowe, Marilyn Wesley, Sheila Rudy, Irish McCalla, Dolores Donlon and Susan Harrison.
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Some of the movie stars he captured on film include: Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman, Charlton Heston, James Garner, John Wayne, Rod Steiger, Burt Lancaster, James Coburn, Roddy McDowell, Steve McQueen, Sean Connery, Stella Stevens, Debbie Reynolds, Lauren Bacall, Joanne Woodward, Doris Day and Joan Collins.
Sutton made his living photographing many of the top Hollywood actors and actresses on movie sets and in their homes, as well as shooting glamour and pinups. One of these photographers who had his work featured in the magazine in the late 50s was David Sutton. David Sutton - Back in the 1950s, when many of the great Hollywood photographers vied for the chance to have their glamour work appear in the pages of Playboy (instead of the two or three staff photographers who crank out their slick, predictable and boring pictorials today), you actually got the feeling that you were looking at the work of creative individuals whenever you flipped through the magazine.
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