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Thursday, December 8, 2022
Jay Howard
The anonymous donor of this photo knew the model was Jay Howard
and that the picture was taken by Mel Roberts for an unnamed magazine.
It's one of those "best of both worlds" shots a lot of us like.
This series is filled with wonderful images and this one is a treasure. Normally, my eyes would be on certain areas, but Jay Howard's gaze controls me.
Jay Howard lost his Parents at a very young age in a plane crash. He was raised by a very strict GrandMother in western Oklahoma. (Altus I think)He was very unhappy there as a teen and ran away at 17 to Los Angeles. According to the book I read Jay never went back to Oklahoma. Jay stayed with Roberts from 1969 until 1980. It took a lot of guts to do what he did as he left with almost nothing and he had no idea where he was going to end up.
This series is filled with wonderful images and this one is a treasure. Normally, my eyes would be on certain areas, but Jay Howard's gaze controls me.
ReplyDeleteHe does look right through us.
DeleteIn one of the PP issues, Mizer told us Jay was Mel's protege. I guess that's what they called it back then.
ReplyDeleteThat was one of the nicer ways to put it, lol! Thanks for that very interesting tidbit.
DeleteJay Howard lost his Parents at a very young age in a plane crash. He was raised by a very strict GrandMother in western Oklahoma. (Altus I think)He was very unhappy there as a teen and ran away at 17 to Los Angeles. According to the book I read Jay never went back to Oklahoma. Jay stayed with Roberts from 1969 until 1980. It took a lot of guts to do what he did as he left with almost nothing and he had no idea where he was going to end up.
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