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Pohjaniemi provided the sheer umbrella and had the models' hair wound in chopsticks, but it was the way Susie and Hiromi connected that made the images work. "Susie, older than Hiromi, clearly took the tender moment in her hands and it almost felt like he was responsible for her younger partner like a mother figure," says Pohjaniemi.

"It was a moment that made me hold my breath until I ran out of film. Every woman has these natural things they do when they don't think about the camera. These small precious natural moves and non-choreographed moments are priceless and cannot be reproduced."

For this pictorial, renowned fashion and celebrity portrait photographer Sante D'Orazio captured a lush, colorful and romantic side of Stephanie. This was the cover image, which has something of a classic pinup quality to it. Indeed, the Supermodels of the 1990s were pinups in their way.

"I do love posing nude," Stephanie told PLAYBOY at the time. "For me the feeling in these pictures is freedom and strength. Put clothes on me and I wouldn't look pretty anymore. I'd look sad!"

PLAYBOY ran "She's In the Money" in February 2001 to celebrate all that is Anna Nicole Smith.

This image by Daniela Federici was included. "Daniela did a wonderful shooting for us of Anna, mostly in black and white. She was able to capture an old Hollywood style with Anna, who really does fit into the legacy of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield," says Photo Director Gary Cole.

PLAYBOY featured Ursula Andress, the iconic blonde Swiss actress and first Bond Girl, in a 12-page layout titled "She is...Ursula" — the longest nude pictorial the magazine had published up to that point — which was photographed by her then-husband, actor and director John Derek.

Under the direction of Photo Director Vince Tajiri, Derek photographed Ursula exclusively for PLAYBOY on location for one of her films being shot in the Philippines. In the accompanying text Ursula was quoted as saying, "I'm not against nudity when it is used for a purpose and is done with a maximum of taste, style and class."

PLAYBOY featured Ursula Andress, the iconic blonde Swiss actress and first Bond Girl, in a 12-page layout titled "She is...Ursula" — the longest nude pictorial the magazine had published up to that point — which was photographed by her then-husband, actor and director John Derek.

Under the direction of Photo Director Vince Tajiri, Derek photographed Ursula exclusively for PLAYBOY on location for one of her films being shot in the Philippines. In the accompanying text Ursula was quoted as saying, "I'm not against nudity when it is used for a purpose and is done with a maximum of taste, style and class."

The issue was an expensive one to make — shooting a large number of models with two photographers and full crew in an exotic location doesn't come cheap. But the issue sold really well and it was fun to do," says Cohen. One of the models, Alley Baggett (sitting in window frame, with her legs up), scouted this particular spot and led the arrangement of the girls. "The playful Alley started it," says Nishino. "Always on the move and then everyone falls in place. CLICK!"

For the magazine's December 1974 issue, PLAYBOY commissioned surrealist artist Salvador Dali to compose images from the erotic world of his mind. Staff photographer and fellow Mediterranean Pompeo Posar was sent to Dali's villa in the small seaside town of Cadaques to photograph these "surrealities" —bizarre but intricate montages of nude women, snakes, a camel, a giant egg and Greco-Roman statuary.

Pompeo spent the better part of two weeks there. Working from the preliminary conceptual sketches he had made, Dali set up each shot, issuing commands to the models and crew. When PLAYBOY asked Dali what these images meant, the artist responded with no apparent irony, "The meaning of my work is the motivation that is of the purest — money. What I did for PLAYBOY is very good and your payment is equal to the task."

For the magazine's December 1974 issue, PLAYBOY commissioned surrealist artist Salvador Dali to compose images from the erotic world of his mind. Staff photographer and fellow Mediterranean Pompeo Posar was sent to Dali's villa in the small seaside town of Cadaques to photograph these "surrealities"-bizarre but intricate montages of nude women, snakes, a camel, a giant egg and Greco-Roman statuary.

Pompeo spent the better part of two weeks there. Working from the preliminary conceptual sketches he had made, Dali set up each shot, issuing commands to the models and crew. When PLAYBOY asked Dali what these images meant, the artist responded with no apparent irony, "The meaning of my work is the motivation that is of the purest — money. What I did for PLAYBOY is very good and your payment is equal to the task."

"This was done at a place just north of Manzanillo, Mexico called Playa Careyes," says Wayda.

"It was something that just happened. You know how you draw in the sand — I think we were fooling around out there on the beach and somebody was making lines in the sand. So out of that came the idea of writing her name and then seeing how the sun hit her. Then we picked a spot where the surf would come up and then wash back to make the sand clean. She had to write her name in there, get in position and take the picture before the wave came back and washed everything out."