Fiesta (1956–1959 magazine)

Last updated
Fiesta
Fiesta magazine, June 1956.jpg
Cover of Fiesta magazine, June 1956.
Categories Glamour photography
First issue1956;67 years ago (1956)
Final issue1959
CompanyGannet Press (Sales) Ltd

Fiesta was a British glamour photography magazine published from 1956 to 1959. It was the sister magazine to Carnival . [1] It was published by Gannet Press (Sales) Ltd of Birkenhead, England. [2]

While mostly black-and-white, the covers and some inside photography were printed in colour. [2] The magazine featured work by the photographers Harrison Marks and Russell Gay. [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Texas Monthly</i> Monthly American magazine published in Texas

Texas Monthly is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. Texas Monthly was founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, has been published by Emmis Publishing, L.P. since 1998 and as of 2019 is owned by Enterprise Products Co. Texas Monthly chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the environment, industry, and education. The magazine also covers leisure topics such as music, art, dining, and travel. It is a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA). In 2019, Texas Monthly was purchased by billionaire Randa Williams. In 2021, Texas Monthly acquired Texas Country Reporter.

<i>National Geographic</i> Geography, history, nature, and science magazine

National Geographic is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ford Fiesta</span> Series of subcompact automobiles produced by Ford

The Ford Fiesta is a supermini car marketed by Ford since 1976 over seven generations. Over the years, the Fiesta has mainly been developed and manufactured by Ford's European operations, and has been positioned below the Escort.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Railfan</span> Rail transport hobby

A railfan, rail buff or train buff, railway enthusiast,railway buff or trainspotter, or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems.

Erotic photography is a style of art photography of an erotic, sexually suggestive or sexually provocative nature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Will McBride (photographer)</span> American photographer

Will McBride was an American photographer in reportage, art photography and book illustration as well as a painter and sculptor.

<i>Fiesta</i> (magazine) British pornographic magazine

Fiesta was a British adult magazine featuring softcore pornography, published by Galaxy Publications Limited. It was a sister publication of Knave magazine, launched two years later.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fashion photography</span> Genre of photography

Fashion photography is a genre of photography which is devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items, sometimes haute couture. It typically consists of a fashion photographer taking a picture of a dressed model in a photographic studio or an outside setting. It originates from the clothing and fashion industries, and while some of fashion photography has been elevated as art, it is still primarily used for clothing, perfumes and beauty products.

<i>Knave</i> (British magazine) British softcore pornographic magazine

Knave was a long-running British adult magazine featuring softcore pornography, published by Galaxy Publications Limited. Originally launched in 1968 by the photographer Russell Gay, it was the upmarket sister publication of Fiesta magazine. Mary Millington modelled for the magazine in 1974, prior to her exclusive signing to work for David Sullivan's magazines.

David Doubilet is an underwater photographer known primarily for his work published in National Geographic Magazine where he is a contributing photographer and has been an author for 70 feature articles since 1971. He was born in New York City and started taking photos underwater at the young age of 12. He started with a Brownie Hawkeye in a rubber anesthesiologist's bag to keep the water out of the camera. He lived with his family in New York City and spent summers in Elberon New Jersey exploring the Atlantic. He later worked as a diver and photographer for the Sandy Hook Marine Laboratories in New Jersey and spent much of his youth in the Caribbean as a teenage dive instructor in the Bahamas where he found his motivation to capture the beauty of the sea and everything in it. His wife is the photographer Jennifer Hayes.

Creative Review is a bimonthly print magazine and website. The magazine focuses on commercial creativity, covering design, advertising, photography, branding, digital products, film, and gaming. The magazine is published bimonthly in print and also has an online magazine and a podcast.

<i>Popular Photography</i> Former American consumer magazine

Popular Photography, formerly known as Popular Photography & Imaging, also called Pop Photo, is a monthly American consumer website and former magazine that at one time had the largest circulation of any imaging magazine, with an editorial staff twice the size of its nearest competitor. Although the magazine ceased publication in early 2017, PopPhoto had a soft relaunch as a web-only publication the following year, and an official relaunch in December 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paragon Publishing</span> Magazine publisher in the United Kingdom

Paragon Publishing Ltd was a magazine publisher in the UK, which published computer games and other entertainment titles from 1991 to 2003.

The British Journal of Photography (BJP) is a magazine about photography, published by 1854 Media. It includes in-depth articles, profiles of photographers, analyses, and technological reviews.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirstin Valdez Quade</span> American writer

Kirstin Valdez Quade is an American writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jo-Anne McArthur</span> Canadian photojournalist

Jo-Anne McArthur is a Canadian photojournalist, humane educator, animal rights activist and author. She is known for her We Animals project, a photography project documenting human relationships with animals. Through the We Animals Humane Education program, McArthur offers presentations about human relationships with animals in educational and other environments, and through the We Animals Archive, she provides photographs and other media for those working to help animals. We Animals Media, meanwhile, is a media agency focused on human/animal relationships.

K251BS is a translator radio station licensed to North Las Vegas, Nevada, and is owned through licensee Latino Hustle Group LLC. The station carries a genre hybridization and markets itself as "the only radio station that combines two of the more listened-to genres in Spanish—Regional Mexican and Reggaeton."

Eva Grant is a Turkish-born Greek-British a glamour photographer who worked in the male-dominated glamour industry of the 1950s and early 1960s. She worked and lived in Britain and became known for her nude studies and her pocket magazine Line and Form, which ran for over forty issues.

Russell Gay was a British glamour photographer. He was known in the 1950s for his discovery of the model Sabrina. In 1957, Gay was described by Art and Photography magazine as "the UK’s top glamour photographer".

<i>Carnival</i> (magazine) British pin-up magazine, first published 1955

Carnival was a British glamour photography magazine first published in 1955. It was published by Liverpolitan Limited of Birkenhead, England. It was published in a 4 in × 6 in “pocket” format. The first issue contained pictorials of Adrienne Corri and Shirley Ann Field.

References

  1. "Fiesta". Vintage Fetish. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  2. 1 2 3 Quinn, Anthony. "Men's magazines: an A to Z". www.magforum.com. Retrieved 2022-06-18.