| GOWLAND EARLY COVERS | |
 September 1950 |
 March 1952 |
| The Gowlands' early covers show on left model Liz MacLean, and on right actress Arlene Dahl. | |
 September 1953 |
 July 1948 |
| Two of the Gowlands' favorite early models: Barbara Osterman, left, and Pat Hall, right. Alice and Peter have a large stock file of these two in black and white and color. | |
 May 1954 |
 April 1953 |
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What made Barbara Osterman our favorite model? Cover girl on twelve national magazine covers and our best-selling Photography Book, “Figure Photography” 600,000 copies. Unlike famous models and film stars,
who would give us only one half hour, Barbara gave us two years!! Actors usually needed a hair-dresser, makeup and wardrobe persons. Barbara could fill all of these jobs.
We would spend whole days photographing at Malibu, breaking for a picnic lunch. Barbara was soon hired by 20th Century Fox and RKO Studio as a costume designer. It has been over fifty years since Peter has seen her but Alice visited Barbara and her husband, Jim Neill in Ashland, Oregon not too long ago. Barbara was born in 1930 and passed away in 2006. We really miss our friend who was beautiful in both spirit and looks. | |
