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Ron Vogel
San Francisco, California, USA
Ron Vogel was a legendary photographer, perhaps best known for having photographed 10 Playboy Playmates in the years between 1958 and 1968. Ron and his wife, Audry Pomerantz were…
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Ron Vogel was a legendary photographer, perhaps best known for having photographed 10 Playboy Playmates in the years between 1958 and 1968. Ron and his wife, Audry Pomerantz were nudists, and Audry was one of his early models. Vogel learned photography in the Army’s Special Services and after his service, he began taking nude photographs for men's magazines, with Audry coordinating models and maintaining the library. Vogel was a regular contributor to early men's magazines such as Rouge, Adam, Modern Man, and of course Playboy when it came along. Later, he would provide work for other magazines including Caper, Sir!, Beau, Mayfair, Beaver, Escapade, Carnival, Club, Cavalcade, Fling, Gallery, High Society, Score, Hustler, Rogue, Scamp, Sir Knight, and others. Vogel's other contributions included photos for photography magazines, showcasing his artistic nudes, and he also did photography for record covers starting in the late 1950s. In the 60s and 70s, he dabbled in other commercial photography and advertising, and did occasional celebrity photo sessions. In the 1970s, he began being hired as the still photographer for porn films (photos for covers and promotional articles), and this led to him branching out into other areas - cinematography, set design, art design, lighting design, and more - even appearing in bit parts in front of the camera on occasion. His daughter Alexis Vogel joined him in the business as a makeup artist - a trade she'd learned in his photography studio - and provided hair and makeup for dozens of adult movies and photo sessions in the 1970s and 80s, transitioning to working on mainstream Hollywood projects in the 80s. Vogel retired from the adult movie business in 2003, and largely from photography by 2006. In the 2010s, Vogel had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, to which he succumbed sometime in 2019.
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2003
Barely 18 5
Movie Still Photographer
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2003
Super Groupie
Movie Still Photographer
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2002
Barbara Dare: Up Close and Personal
Movie (archive footage)
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2001
Once a Year
Movie Chief Lighting Technician
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2001
Infidelity
Movie Old Man
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2001
A Wolf's Tail
Movie Still Photographer
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2000
Spellbound
Movie The Old Man
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2000
A Witch's Tail
Movie Lighting Director
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2000
Wild Thing
Movie Lighting Design
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2000
Partners Forever
Movie Gaffer
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2000
Ladies Night Out
Movie Lighting Design
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1999
Throbin Hood
Movie Little Dong
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1999
First Impulse
Movie The Waterman
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1999
Hell on Heels
Movie Lighting Director
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1999
Desperate Measures
Movie Lighting Design
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1999
Nothing to Hide 4: Club Purgatory
Movie Gaffer
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1999
Trial by Copulation
Movie Gaffer
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1999
Candy Stripers 5: The New Generation
Movie Sleeping Patient
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1998
White Angel
Movie Gaffer
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1998
Hollywood Nights
Movie Still Photographer
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1998
The Good the Bad and the Wicked
Movie Lighting Design
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1998
Heartache
Movie Lighting Design
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1998
Exile
Movie Miller
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1998
Flashpoint
Movie Gaffer
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1998
Red Vibe Diaries 2: Dark Desires
Movie Lighting Director
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1998
Blue Dahlia
Movie Lighting Director
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1998
Lotus
Movie Lighting Design
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1998
The 5 Sins
Movie Gaffer
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1998
Tattoo
Movie Props
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1997
The Nurse
Movie Man on gurney
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1997
Paradise
Movie Lighting Director
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1997
Jenna's Built for Speed
Movie Lighting Design
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1997
Torn
Movie Still Photographer
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1997
Appassionata
Movie Gaffer
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1997
Daydreams Nightdreams
Movie Still Photographer
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1997
Swinging in the Rain
Movie Still Photographer
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1996
Do The Macarena
Movie Gaffer
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1996
Sex Secrets of a Mistress
Movie Lighting Director
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1996
Phantasm
Movie Gaffer
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1996
Rolling Thunder
Movie Gaffer
