Belier Press has published all kinds of books, not just fetish photography, though I can say that the first time I ever saw a photo of Betty Page was on the cover of Belier’s Betty Page Private Peeks volume two. The afterward of this book goes into great detail about this discovery period and the history of Belier Press.

One of these stores also had “adult books” and this is where the author first saw a John Willie photo. Rund was a young teen running around in the original rock ‘n’ roll era (1955/56) looking for second hand rock ‘n’ roll 45s to buy cheap from juke box distributors in Times Square.

Rund’s Belier Press is the be-all, end-all last word from the world’s greatest expert on the subject.īelier Press has been in existence since 1974 and the publisher’s own story is as interesting as the subject of the books he puts out. Possibilities!, a massive 472 page coffee table book of John Willie’s photos, published by J.B. When John Alexander Scott Coutts aka “John Willie,” publisher of the original Bizarre magazine and the author/ artist of the iconic art comic The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline started, excuse me, basically invented fetish photography as we now know it, it was a punishable crime. We’ve all seen photos of Betty Page bound and gagged to the point where it’s no more shocking than a LIFE magazine cover image. It’s amazing when you consider what we might now view as quaint, familiar photographic imagery was once a serious no-no.

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