unliberated (years) when these photos taken, Caruschka was a girl who loved to have men masturbate over her. Yeah, she was a tease but isn't every woman worth a damn?" As a foot-fetish pioneer starting in the 1950s, Batters helped make this formerly closeted field of sexual interest more acceptable. Near the end of his life, Batters was rediscovered by German publisher Benedikt Taschen, who produced three books of his work, including From the Tip of the Toes to the Top of the Hose and Legs That Dance to Elmer's Tune. Taschen became acquainted with Batters' work in Leg Show magazine, where editor Dian Hanson introduced a new generation of fetishists to his photos during the 1980s and 1990s. Today, original photographic prints by Batters fetch up to $1,500 among fetish-art collectors. Batters' military career is mentioned briefly in the out-of-print nonfiction book The Lonely Sky by test pilot William Bridgeman. This book tells the story of the U.S. Navy's experimental Skyrocket supersonic plane program of the 1950s. Taschen has published several books featuring the work of Elmer Batters. References Further reading External links Taschen Page & Gallery 1919 births 1997 deaths Fetish photographers Foot fetishism American erotic photographers Artists from Milwaukee United States Navy non-commissioned officers