Margo Gray

I expected one, maybe two responses, three at most.

But over the next few weeks, dozens of messages came in from Yale graduates, many saying the same thing, that they hadn't thought about those posture photos in decades.

But yes, of course they remembered.

One email stood out.

It was from Ivan Berger.

He was Yale class of 1961.

Ivan had the scores to get into Yale, but he worried about the price tag of tuition.

In the end, he got a scholarship.

It came with a condition, though.

He'd have to work for the school.

By sophomore year, Ivan was hoping to find a different job.

And as luck would have it, there was a new job opening that involved one of his hobbies, photography.

And I also had my own darkroom and a very, very small business taking pictures for people.

So Ivan signed up for the photography job.

But it was not at all what he was expecting.

He wouldn't be taking yearbook photos or snapping action shots of college athletes.

He'd be taking nude posture photos of the incoming freshmen.

Ivan's job didn't end once the photos were taken.

He was also responsible for developing the prints, hundreds of nude poster photos.

Ivan says he didn't just make a single set of prints.