Known For
Camera
Born
Oct 07, 1931
Died
Jan 01, 2019
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
151 titles
Ron Vogel
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Barely 18 5
Still Photographer
Super Groupie
Still Photographer
Barbara Dare: Up Close and Personal
(archive footage)
Once a Year
Chief Lighting Technician
Infidelity
Old Man
A Wolf's Tail
Still Photographer
Spellbound
The Old Man
A Witch's Tail
Lighting Director
Wild Thing
Lighting Design
Partners Forever
Gaffer
Ladies Night Out
Lighting Design
Throbin Hood
Little Dong
First Impulse
The Waterman
Hell on Heels
Lighting Director
Desperate Measures
Lighting Design
Nothing to Hide 4: Club Purgatory
Gaffer
Trial by Copulation
Gaffer
Candy Stripers 5: The New Generation
Sleeping Patient
White Angel
Lighting Director
Hollywood Nights
Still Photographer
The Good the Bad and the Wicked
Lighting Design
Heartache
Lighting Design
Exile
Miller
Flashpoint
Gaffer
Red Vibe Diaries 2: Dark Desires
Lighting Director
Blue Dahlia
Lighting Director
Lotus
Lighting Design
The 5 Sins
Gaffer
Tattoo
Props
The Nurse
Man on gurney
Paradise
Lighting Director
Jenna's Built for Speed
Lighting Design
Torn
Still Photographer
Appassionata
Gaffer
Daydreams Nightdreams
Still Photographer
Swinging in the Rain
Still Photographer
Do The Macarena
Gaffer
Sex Secrets of a Mistress
Lighting Director
Phantasm
Gaffer
Rolling Thunder
Gaffer
The House on Chasey Lane
Gaffer
Where the Boys Aren't 6
Lighting Director
Ice Cream Man
Gaffer
On Her Back
Still Photographer
Cloud 9
Lighting Technician
Forever Young
Still Photographer
Scoring
Gaffer
A Is for Asia
Self (uncredited)
Play Thing
Still Photographer
Luna Chick
Still Photographer