Fact; Volume Two, Issue Three May-June 1965

The format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 64 pages. Illustrations. The cover has some wear and soiling. Some weakness at the front cover. Some page discoloration noted. Increasingly rare surviving copy. This issue contains a portfolio of the most beautiful art from Eros together with the true story of how the magazine was suppressed. This issue is devoted to Eros on Trial. Fact was an American quarterly magazine that commented on controversial topics. It was in circulation between January 1964 and August 1967. The publisher of Fact was Trident Press based in New York City. The magazine was edited by Ralph Ginzburg and Warren Boroson and designed by Herb Lubalin. Fact was notable for having been sued by Barry Goldwater over a 1964 issue entitled "The Unconscious of a Conservative: A special Issue on the Mind of Barry Goldwater". In Goldwater v. Ginzburg, a federal jury awarded Goldwater $1 in compensatory damages and $75,000 in punitive damages, to punish Ginzburg and the magazine for being reckless. The American Psychiatric Association then issued the Goldwater rule reaffirming medical privacy and forbidding commenting on a patient whom the individual psychiatrist has not personally examined. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the award and the Supreme Courts denied a petition for certiorari (review); Justice Black and Justice Douglas joined a dissenting opinion, rather unusual at the time (1970) on orders denying "cert." Warren Gilbert Boroson (January 22, 1935 March 12, 2023) was an American author and journalist. He began his career in print journalism, and was best known as managing editor of Fact in 1964, when the magazine ran a controversial survey of psychiatrists on presidential candidate Barry Goldwater's mental fitness for office, which led to a lawsuit and revised ethical guidelines against psychiatric professionals diagnosing individuals they had not personally evaluated. He subsequently worked as an educator and writer of books about business and personal finance. Ralph Ginzburg (October 28, 1929 July 6, 2006) was an editor, publisher, journalist, and photographer. He was best known for publishing books and magazines on erotica and art and for his conviction in 1963 for violating federal obscenity laws. Ginzburg's most famous publication, Eros, a magazine of classy erotica, was launched in 1962, and only four issues were published before he was indicted on charges of violating federal obscenity laws and had to stop publishing He was found guilty by the Supreme Court eventually and sentenced to five years in prison. He was released after eight months. Herbert F. Lubalin (March 17, 1918 May 24, 1981) was a graphic designer. He collaborated with Ralph Ginzburg on three of Ginzburg's magazines: Eros, Fact, and Avant Garde. In Lubalin's studio, he worked on a number of wide-ranging projects, from poster and magazine design to packaging and identity solutions. It was here that he became best known for his work on a series of magazines published by Ralph Ginzburg: Eros, Fact, and Avant Garde. Bertram Stern (October 3, 1929 June 26, 2013) was an American commercial photographer. His father worked as a children's portrait photographer. He became art director at Flair magazine, where Stern learned how to develop film and make contact sheets, and started taking his own pictures. In 1951, Stern was drafted into the United States Army, sent to Japan and assigned to the photographic department. He was one of the last photographers to shoot Marilyn Monroe, in June and July 1962 for Vogue magazine. (with some images authorized to be published in EROS). Monroe died in August 1962. These sessions became known as The Last Sitting; The 2571 photographs taken on these sessions were published after her death in The Complete Last Sitting in 1992. By the late 1970s, Stern returned to the U.S. to photograph portraits and fashion.…