This book is not just 'Another Artist's Model' it is a big improvement on Everard's first outing, with many of the aspects which readers of the previous book commented on being addressed; such as the miniature pictures being increased in size and more modelling in the lighting used.

To try and find the right models (tall and blond) Everard had to travel six thousand miles to, in, and around Scandinavia; but this was not the end of his adventures. It turns out that most Scandinavian girls (his words) turned out to be brunettes and if one did not know better could have passed as any girl you passed on the streets in Britain. Danish girls seemed to his experience to be shorter than Swedes too.
It was also amusing hearing about how baffled the Customs officers were, faced with Everard's various custom rigs and turntables which he travelled with in order to achieve his all-round photography.

The male models were the sons of Professor Jack Robinson of Johannesburg - the family who won no less than three World Judo championships in 1953 alone. It may have been in the interests of protecting their public image that they then covered their 'boy parts' in loincloths, but I suspect the prudish attitude of the times would have possibly left the book's readers offended by such un-photographic dangly objects getting in these camera shots (although Imogen Cunningham never seemed bothered by them almost 50 years earlier).

There is also more information on Everard's choice of Cameras (Hasselblad and Linhof 4 by 5 | half-plate), film (Ferrania 32), and paper (Agfa Glossy Portriga Rapid, or Agfa Glossy Bromide paper). But there are also nearly four pages of technical advice for those interested.

Personally speaking, I found the photography far better suited to my needs in this book in terms of size and also lighting which produced far more pleasing modelling that I found I could translate easier to my own work. So I've added 1/2 a star from the previous book.
Once again, as before, the hair and make-up does date the models firmly in the 1950s but it is certainly a very elegant look which I also rather like. ( )