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)
The Pink Pussycat
(Superfine Studios Electrical Crew)
Shanna's Final Fling
(Ron Vogel)
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
(Set Decoration)
Heavenly Hyapatia
(Still Photographer)
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 4: Doin' It Up!
(Still Photographer)
Anal Adventures 3: Can Her!
(Still Photographer)
Anal Adventures 2: Bodacious Buns
(Still Photographer)
Anal Adventures 1: Anal Executive
(Still Photographer)
The Girls Of Summer
(Still Photographer)
The Secret Garden
(Still Photographer)
The Secret Garden Part II
(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)
A Pussy Called Wanda
(Gaffer)
Legend
(Gaffer)
Legend
(Still Photographer)
Wise Ass!
(Lighting Technician)
Body Music
(Set Designer)
Body Music
(Still Photographer)
Hollywood Ho' House
(Still Photographer)
Nasty Newshounds
(Set Designer)
Nasty Newshounds
(Still Photographer)
Crystal Balls
(Still Photographer)
Seduced
(Gaffer)
Seduced
(Still Photographer)
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)
The Secrets of Bonnie and Clyde
(Lighting Technician)
Whore of the Worlds
(Art Direction)
Scandalous
(Lighting Technician)
Cloud 9
(Lighting Technician)
Passages 1
(Set Designer)
Comeback
(Lighting Design)
Passages 1
(Gaffer)
Luna Chick
(Still Photographer)
Tough Guys Do Dance
(Set Designer)
Tough Guys Do Dance
(Lighting Design)
Passages 2
(Set Designer)
Passages 2
(Gaffer)
Passages 2
(Still Photographer)
The Naked Goddess
(Lighting Design)
For Your Thighs Only
(Still Photographer)
Flashpoint
(Gaffer)
Where the Boys Aren't 6
(Lighting Director)
Lust in the Woods
(Set Decoration)
Lust in the Woods
(Still Photographer)
Endlessly
(Set Decoration)
Endlessly
(Lighting Technician)
Savage Fury
(Still Photographer)
I Do 2
(Still Photographer)
I Do Part 3: The Other Woman
(Set Designer)
Indian Summer
(Lighting Technician)
Indian Summer 2: Sandstorm
(Lighting Director)
The Invisible Girl
(Still Photographer)
Angel's Back!
(Art Direction)
Angel's Back!
(Set Decoration)
Angel's Back!
(Still Photographer)
Hardcore
(Still Photographer)
Hardcore
(Lighting Technician)
Daydreams Nightdreams
(Still Photographer)
The Landlady
(Still Photographer)
Swinging in the Rain
(Still Photographer)
Love Letters
(Sets & Props Supervisor)
Love Letters
(Still Photographer)
Summer Camp Girls
(Still Photographer)
Centerfold
(Gaffer)
Centerfold
(Still Photographer)
Cheating
(Still Photographer)
Cheating
(Lighting Director)
Anonymous
(Set Designer)
Anonymous
(Lighting Director)
Rolling Thunder
(Gaffer)
Hell on Heels
(Lighting Director)
Paradise
(Lighting Director)
Phantasm
(Gaffer)
Boiling Point
(Still Photographer)
Manbait
(Lighting Technician)
The House On Chasey Lane
(Gaffer)
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)
Blue Jean Brat
(Gaffer)
Ice Cream Man
(Gaffer)
Appassionata
(Gaffer)
Lotus
(Lighting Design)
White Angel
(Gaffer)
White Angel
(Lighting Director)
Blue Dahlia
(Lighting Director)
Exile
(Lighting Design)
Thrill St. Blues
(Still Photographer)
Eye of the Tigress
(Art Direction)
Classical Romance
(Set Designer)
Classical Romance
(Still Photographer)
American Blonde
(Still Photographer)
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
(Set Designer)
Physical Attraction
(Still Photographer)
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)