Playboy: The Celebrities

Nudity and celebrities: it's a winning formula. Playboy presents over 150 breathtaking photographs of the magazine's most famous nudes from the past five decades.Revealing all are bunnies such as Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy; models such as Raquel Welch, Bo Derek, Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell; and actresses like Melanie Griffith, Joan Collins and Mariel Hemingway--posing for equally renowned photographers such as Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts and David LaChapelle. When Playboy launched its first issue in 1953 with Marilyn Monroe on the cover, the issue quickly sold out. Ever since, it is celebrities that have driven the magazine's sales. With an introduction by Hugh Hefner and an afterword from Gary Cole, the magazine's photography editor for 30 years, this latest masterpiece from Playboy Magazine is a potent, definitive collection of celebrity nude photography. It will appeal equally to Playboy readers, pop-culture enthusiasts, photography buffs and celebrity watchers.

Gary Cole has been photography director of Playboy since 1975.

Hugh M. Hefner is editor-in-chief of Playboy magazine.