Ron Vogel
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.
Where the Boys Aren't 3
Exile
(Miller)
First Impulse
(The Waterman)
Barbara Dare: Up Close and Personal
((archive footage))
A Pussy Called Wanda
(Masked Man)
The Nurse
(Man on gurney)
Throbin Hood
(Little Dong)
Those Young Girls
(Himself (uncredited))
Physical Attraction
(Jogger)
Shanna's Final Fling
(Ron Vogel)
The Pink Pussycat
(Superfine Studios Electrical Crew)
A Is For Asia
(Self (uncredited))
Blue Angel
Candy Stripers 5: The New Generation
(Sleeping Patient)
Spellbound
(The Old Man)
Infidelity
(Old Man)
Heavenly Hyapatia
(Still Photographer)
Heavenly Hyapatia
(Set Decoration)
Play Thing
(Still Photographer)
Ladies Room
(Production Design)
Desperate Measures
(Lighting Design)
Heartache
(Lighting Design)
Desert Fox
(Still Photographer)
Bimbo Bowlers from Boston
(Gaffer)
The Case Of The Sensuous Sinners
(Still Photographer)
Anal Adventures 1: Anal Executive
(Still Photographer)
Anal Adventures 3: Can Her!
(Still Photographer)
Anal Adventures 2: Bodacious Buns
(Still Photographer)
Anal Adventures 4: Doin' It Up!
(Still Photographer)
The Girls Of Summer
(Still Photographer)
The Secret Garden Part II
(Still Photographer)
The Secret Garden
(Still Photographer)
Desperately Seeking Suzie
(Still Photographer)
Burn
(Still Photographer)
Vegas 4: Joker's Wild
(Still Photographer)
Ladies Night Out
(Lighting Design)
Lies of Passion
(Gaffer)
Just for the Hell of It
(Still Photographer)
Swap
(Still Photographer)
Manbait Part 2
(Lighting Director)
Street Angels
(Key Grip)
Legend
(Gaffer)
A Pussy Called Wanda
(Gaffer)
Legend
(Still Photographer)
Wise Ass!
(Lighting Technician)
Body Music
(Set Designer)
Body Music
(Still Photographer)
Hollywood Ho' House
(Still Photographer)
Nasty Newshounds
(Still Photographer)
Nasty Newshounds
(Set Designer)
Crystal Balls
(Still Photographer)
Seduced
(Still Photographer)
Seduced
(Gaffer)
Wild Thing
(Lighting Design)
Rio Heat!
(Still Photographer)
In The Jeans
(Still Photographer)
Scoring
(Gaffer)
Layover
(Still Photographer)
Girls on Fire
(Still Photographer)
The 5 Sins
(Gaffer)
WPINK-TV
(Creative Consultant)
Where the Boys Aren't 4
(Lighting Technician)
Where the Boys Aren't 4
(Still Photographer)
Where the Boys Aren't 3
(Lighting Technician)
Jugsy
(Gaffer)
Whore of the Worlds
(Art Direction)
The Secrets of Bonnie and Clyde
(Lighting Technician)
Scandalous
(Lighting Technician)
Cloud 9
(Lighting Technician)
Tough Guys Do Dance
(Set Designer)
Passages 2
(Set Designer)
Passages 1
(Gaffer)
Luna Chick
(Still Photographer)
Passages 2
(Gaffer)
The Naked Goddess
(Lighting Design)
Comeback
(Lighting Design)
Tough Guys Do Dance
(Lighting Design)
Passages 1
(Set Designer)
Passages 2
(Still Photographer)
Flashpoint
(Gaffer)
For Your Thighs Only
(Still Photographer)
Where the Boys Aren't 6
(Lighting Director)
Lust in the Woods
(Set Decoration)
Lust in the Woods
(Still Photographer)
Endlessly
(Lighting Technician)
Endlessly
(Set Decoration)
Savage Fury
(Still Photographer)
I Do Part 3: The Other Woman
(Set Designer)
I Do 2
(Still Photographer)
Indian Summer
(Lighting Technician)
Indian Summer 2: Sandstorm
(Lighting Director)
Angel's Back!
(Set Decoration)
The Invisible Girl
(Still Photographer)
Angel's Back!
(Still Photographer)
Angel's Back!
(Art Direction)
Hardcore
(Lighting Technician)
Hardcore
(Still Photographer)
Daydreams Nightdreams
(Still Photographer)
Swinging in the Rain
(Still Photographer)
The Landlady
(Still Photographer)
Love Letters
(Still Photographer)
Love Letters
(Sets & Props Supervisor)
Centerfold
(Still Photographer)
Summer Camp Girls
(Still Photographer)
Centerfold
(Gaffer)
Anonymous
(Set Designer)
Anonymous
(Lighting Director)
Cheating
(Still Photographer)
Cheating
(Lighting Director)
Rolling Thunder
(Gaffer)
Paradise
(Lighting Director)
Hell on Heels
(Lighting Director)
Phantasm
(Gaffer)
Boiling Point
(Still Photographer)
The House On Chasey Lane
(Gaffer)
Manbait
(Lighting Technician)
Risqué Business
(Still Photographer)
The Hunger
(Lighting Supervisor)
The Hunger
(Still Photographer)
Kascha and Friends
(Still Photographer)
Confessions of a Chauffeur
(Camera Department Production Assistant)
Miss Directed
(Still Photographer)
Miss Directed
(Lighting Camera)
Ice Cream Man
(Gaffer)
Blue Jean Brat
(Gaffer)
Appassionata
(Gaffer)
Lotus
(Lighting Design)
White Angel
(Lighting Director)
White Angel
(Gaffer)
Blue Dahlia
(Lighting Director)
Exile
(Lighting Design)
Thrill St. Blues
(Still Photographer)
Eye of the Tigress
(Art Direction)
American Blonde
(Still Photographer)
Classical Romance
(Still Photographer)
Classical Romance
(Set Designer)
Those Young Girls
(Creative Consultant)
Snatched
(Set Designer)
Flesh and Ecstasy
(Still Photographer)
Jenna's Built For Speed
(Lighting Design)
Jenna's Built For Speed
(Still Photographer)
Snatchbuckler
(Still Photographer)
Trial by Copulation
(Gaffer)
Physical Attraction
(Still Photographer)
Physical Attraction
(Set Designer)
Holly Does Hollywood
(Still Photographer)
What Gets Me Hot!
(Still Photographer)
Night Of Loving Dangerously
(Still Photographer)
Lust in the Fast Lane
(Still Photographer)
Sex Secrets of a Mistress
(Lighting Director)
Sex Secrets of a Mistress
(Still Photographer)
On Her Back
(Still Photographer)
Close To The Edge
(Still Photographer)
Dirty Shary
(Still Photographer)
I Never Say No!
(Still Photographer)
Jane Bond Meets Octopussy
(Still Photographer)
Innocent Taboo
(Still Photographer)
Torn
(Still Photographer)
Jane Bond Meets Thunderthighs
(Still Photographer)
Christy Canyon Acts Like A Virgin
(Still Photographer)
Angel's Revenge
(Set Designer)
Angel's Revenge
(Still Photographer)
The Good the Bad and the Wicked
(Lighting Design)
Candy Stripers 5: The New Generation
(Lighting Technician)
Roxy
(Lighting Director)
Partners Forever
(Gaffer)
The Last Girl Scout
(Gaffer)
Moonglow
(Still Photographer)
Jenna's Built For Speed
(Lighting Director)
Spellbound
(Chief Lighting Technician)
Infidelity
(Gaffer)
Forever Young
(Still Photographer)
Hard To Swallow
(Art Direction)
Once Upon a Madonna
(Set Designer)
White Wedding
(Lighting Technician)