![]() Elmer Batters (1919 – 1997) served aboard a submarine in World War II where he became aware that his sexual tastes were different from his shipmates. “I felt that people almost saw me as un-American for not mooning over large mammaries,” he said. Taschen has published several books featuring the work of Elmer Batters.Elmer Batters was dubbed the Dean of Leg Art for his unique approach to photographing women’s legs and feet, but while his work brought solace to legions of foot fetishists, the courts called it dangerously perverse and hounded him his whole life. Navy's experimental Skyrocket supersonic plane program of the 1950s. īatters' military career is mentioned briefly in the out-of-print nonfiction book The Lonely Sky by test pilot William Bridgeman. Today, original photographic prints by Batters fetch up to $1,500 among fetish-art collectors. Taschen became acquainted with Batters' work in Leg Show magazine, where editor Dian Hanson introduced a new generation of fetishists to his photos during the 1980s and 1990s. Near the end of his life, Batters was rediscovered by German publisher Benedikt Taschen, who produced three books of his work, including From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose and Legs That Dance to Elmer's Tune. Yeah, she was a tease but isn't every woman worth a damn?" Īs a foot-fetish pioneer starting in the 1950s, Batters helped make this formerly closeted field of sexual interest more acceptable. Even back in the unliberated (years) when these photos where taken, Caruschka was a girl who loved to have men masturbate over her. Her face seduces me even now-these 25 years later as it has seduced thousands of you. I think love or even sexual attraction comes from the sparkle in a girl's eyes, the lift of her eyebrow, and the way her lips curl into that provocative smirk that hooks a man's soul like a hapless mackerel. But are these things what make us love a woman? I think not. ![]() She also has a beautiful set of full shapely legs, firm and thrusting tits, and delicate, high-arch feet. Caruschka has charisma, though she still shines through. Kinda hard to believe these days I know she is a little heavier than the fashion. No girl in the history of my leg-art business has attracted so many admirers as she. "When I say Caruschka was my favorite model," Batters once wrote, "I don't just mean me. Several photo shoots featured the chubby, attractive Caruschka on a garden swing displaying her petite feet in classic foot-fetish "Andalusian-fan" poses, as well as exhibiting a set of fine high arches and well-formed calves. ![]() Little is known about the model's life, but Batters was smitten with her, as were his fans. One of Batters' favorite fetish models was a Rubenesque woman named Caruschka. He paved the way for such critically acclaimed modern foot-fetish photographers as Ed Fox and Johnny Jaan. Since the early 1960s, his work was featured in magazines such as Sheer Delight, Black Silk Stockings, Leg-O-Rama, Nylon Doubletake, and Tip Top, to name but a few. In 1956, he founded and published Man's Favorite Pastime, which was the first leg-art magazine. He also served on the USS Sunfish (SS-281) from April 1943 until April 1944, and became a Yeoman 1st Class.īatters started out publishing his photographs himself. He served on the USS Sperry (AS-12) from May 1942 until September 1942 and the USS Silversides (SS-236) from September 1942 to April 1943. ![]() He enlisted in the United States Navy on December 27, 1941, from Los Angeles, California. Elmer Albert Batters (Novem– June 25, 1997) was a pioneer fetish photographer who specialized in capturing artful images of women with an emphasis on stockings, legs, and feet, placing him ahead of his time in popularizing foot fetishism imagery as erotic entertainment.īatters was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ![]()
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