For millenniums now man and woman has been mystified by the sight of undress of

the human form in sculpture and paintings, erotica in this form is as old as mankind.
The ancient Romans had graffiti artist draw erotica on wall and building throughout
the conquered lands.
Invention of the Camera for erotica
How ever it was the invention of the Camera that fast
tracked the modern day classic erotica and the evolution of.
The Camera is invented
Next to landscapes the portrait and erotic pose photography
began almost at the same time of the camera, Models used
would have to pose still for up to 10minutesfor the correct
exposure. These images although rare spread throughout the well to do in Europe and
soon became a collectible and a must have of 18th century men. Artist experimenting
with this medium soon developed a following of art lovers as they exhibited their art
through the countries of the time.
Technology of the day moved forward and soon more images could be taken and in a
much more mass produced fashion, the mass market of erotic images came into being.
Large areas of cities grew overnight to cater to this newly found product sourced by
many as a novelty and a unique item.
Mass production developed further to the point of postcards becoming popular with
the erotic poses on them for worldwide distribution. Unlike pornography of today
erotica was seen as a art form that involved the human sexual fantasy in a series of
non real situations. Although pornography grew in demand also the true erotic
photographs could be described in today’s terms as almost acceptable by most.
The world wars spread erotica photography throughout the world as most serving
abroad took it as a reminder of what was being left at home. Armed forces turned a
blind eye to this as it was seen as amoral builder for the troops serving in extreme
conditions.
Marketing
The power of the erotic photograph saw many burlesque
and up and coming models utilize this as a form of viral
marketing of their images, many famous name were made
more famous by the spread of images during post world
war 1. World war 2 and the pinup girl had become a must
have of the serving soldier.
Again most were soft core and non explicit, but become a
must have in a male dominated environment. After the
war erotic photography was captured and with other
usually male dominated content put forward in a
magazine form most notable was the 1953 introduction of
Playboy magazine. First issue was sold out at 700,000
copies showing the world that erotica was here to stay and
continues to today.
Today we have gone away from the art and the culture of
the time but classic erotica from the early years of photography rates very high
amongst both men and woman.

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