Porn Magazines Go Old-Fashioned

The New York Times highlights how the porn mag industry is, uh, stripping down, and going back to basics.

From the piece...

Come closer,” Mr. Leder instructed Ms. Nola, as the two tried different angles. “Tilt. Head this way.” With the exception of Mr. Leder’s 2-year-old son, Jack, who would occasionally stumble into the frame, the house was surprisingly quiet for a photo shoot, especially a pornographic one. There were no photo assistants, no special lighting, no bunny suit in sight.

Mr. Leder continued snapping Ms. Nola — raising her head, facing the sun, lifting a leg — until his camera suddenly stopped clicking. He looked at his 1965 Canon Pellix and spotted the problem. “I’ve got to get some film,” he said.

Film?

Mr. Leder is no ordinary pornographer. Along with his wife and editor, Danielle, the bearded, flannel-wearing Mr. Leder is the creator of Jacques, an upstart adult magazine in Brooklyn that reinterprets vintage Playboy in the age of 3-D porn and GPS hookups.

Joined by a small but influential roster of new pinup magazines — published in places like Amsterdam and the Lower East Side — Jacques is offering a self-conscious throwback to the magazines of the late 1960s and early 1970s, before the days of silicone implants, Photoshop and streaming HD video.