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Joe A. writes:
"This
picture of Ann Sydney was taken by the late Vic Blackman, a press
photographer for one of the large British papers, who also wrote a weekly
column in a photo magazine.
Many years ago he published his
memories in a book called 'Naff Off' (Apparently, what Princess Ann once
asked him to do!). In the book, he wrote that one of his favourite types
of glamour shots was a 'Jump For Joy', which involved a pretty girl
leaping in
the air wearing a can-can petticoat. The camera was shooting
from a low angle, and the subsequent display
of frilly petticoats added to
the charm of
the shot. He wrote that when he came to photograph Miss
World, he planned to take a 'Jump For Joy' shot, but alas, she had no
petticoats with
her. So he asked his assistant to remove the petticoat she
was wearing, and lend it to Miss World! Apparently he took quite a few of
these 'Jump for Joy' shots in his career. On another
occasion, again when
the subject had no petticoat with her, he went to a large department store
and bought one.
After the photo shoot, he gave the petticoats to his wife
as a gift. Can anyone trace
anymore of his photos?