Forsén's career began by modelling jewellery and for catalogues in Chicago, Illinois, after moving to the United States from Sweden to be an au pair for a family member. In 1972, she was shot for the centerfold of the November issue of Playboy magazine. After that, she moved to Rochester, New York, and became a "Shirley" – a Kodak model – while moonlighting as a bartender. Thereafter she appeared on a large number of Kodak publications, including in ads for products, in catalogs, and on instruction booklets.[1]
A cropped version (the head and shoulder section) of her centerfold, known as Lenna, has become a standard test image that is often used to test algorithms in digital image processing.[4] She was a guest at the 50th annual Conference of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) in 1997, where she gave a presentation about herself.[2] Because of the ubiquity of her Playboy photo scan, she has been called the "first lady of the internet".[5][6] The title was given to her by Jeff Seideman in a press release he issued announcing her appearance at the 50th annual IS&T Conference.[citation needed] In January 2019 she said that while she wished she had been better compensated, she was "really proud of that picture".[1] However, in a short documentary titled Losing Lena that premiered in North America in November that year, she says, "I retired from modeling a long time ago. It’s time I retired from tech, too."[7]
After modellingedit
In 1997, Forsén worked for a government agency supervising disabled employees, archiving data using computers and scanners.[8][9]
Personal lifeedit
Forsén has been married twice, has three children, and multiple grandchildren.[1]
^"Playmate of the Month". Playboy Magazine. November 1972.
^Hutchison, Jamie (May–June 2001). "Culture, Communication, and an Information Age Madonna" (PDF). IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter. 45 (3).
^"Playboy photo shrunk to hair size". BBC News. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
^"Playboy Newsdesk - Lena". Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^Kibbe, Kayla (2019-12-03). "How a Nude 'Playboy' Photo Became a Fixture in the Tech World". Inside Hook – via San Francisco Chronicle.
^. Playboy. Archived from the original on 1997-07-04. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
^. Playboy. May 1997. Archived from the original on 1997-07-04. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
External linksedit
Lenna's centerfold in the Playboy Archive, November 1972, pp 138-140 (subscription required)
Iozzio, Corinne (9 February 2016). "The Playboy Centerfold That Helped Create the JPEG". The Atlantic. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
A Complete Story of Lenna (with one new picture of her)
The Lenna Story (contains a link to an un-cropped scan of the original Playboy centerfold)
A video artwork inspired by Lenna's story
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lena, forsén, swedish, leːˈna, fʊˈʂeːn, previously, soderberg, born, sjööblom, born, march, 1951, swedish, model, appeared, playmate, november, 1972, issue, playboy, magazine, lenna, sjööblom, centerfold, photographed, dwight, hooker, image, would, later, beco. Lena Forsen 1 Swedish leːˈna fʊˈʂeːn previously Soderberg 2 born Sjooblom 2 born 31 March 1951 is a Swedish model who appeared as a Playmate in the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine 3 as Lenna Sjooblom Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker The image would later become a ubiquitous standard test image in the field of digital image processing where the image is known as Lenna Lena ForsenPlayboy centerfold appearanceNovember 1972Preceded bySharon JohansenSucceeded byMercy RooneyPersonal detailsBorn 1951 03 31 31 March 1951 age 73 Sweden Contents 1 Career 1 1 Modelling 1 2 Lenna 1 3 After modelling 2 Personal life 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksCareer editModelling edit Forsen s career began by modelling jewellery and for catalogues in Chicago Illinois after moving to the United States from Sweden to be an au pair for a family member In 1972 she was shot for the centerfold of the November issue of Playboy magazine After that she moved to Rochester New York and became a Shirley a Kodak model while moonlighting as a bartender Thereafter she appeared on a large number of Kodak publications including in ads for products in catalogs and on instruction booklets 1 Lenna edit Main article Lenna A cropped version the head and shoulder section of her centerfold known as Lenna has become a standard test image that is often used to test algorithms in digital image processing 4 She was a guest at the 50th annual Conference of the Society for Imaging Science and Technology IS amp T in 1997 where she gave a presentation about herself 2 Because of the ubiquity of her Playboy photo scan she has been called the first lady of the internet 5 6 The title was given to her by Jeff Seideman in a press release he issued announcing her appearance at the 50th annual IS amp T Conference citation needed In January 2019 she said that while she wished she had been better compensated she was really proud of that picture 1 However in a short documentary titled Losing Lena that premiered in North America in November that year she says I retired from modeling a long time ago It s time I retired from tech too 7 After modelling edit In 1997 Forsen worked for a government agency supervising disabled employees archiving data using computers and scanners 8 9 Personal life editForsen has been married twice has three children and multiple grandchildren 1 See also editList of people in Playboy 1970 1979References edit a b c d Kinstler Linda 2019 01 31 Finding Lena the Patron Saint of JPEGs Wired ISSN 1059 1028 Retrieved 2019 11 29 a b c Chuck Rosenberg 1998 11 01 Imaging Experts Meet Lenna in Person lenna org Retrieved 2021 11 13 Playmate of the Month Playboy Magazine November 1972 Hutchison Jamie May June 2001 Culture Communication and an Information Age Madonna PDF IEEE Professional Communication Society Newsletter 45 3 Playboy photo shrunk to hair size BBC News 2012 08 14 Retrieved 2020 06 10 Playboy Newsdesk Lena Retrieved January 21 2019 Kibbe Kayla 2019 12 03 How a Nude Playboy Photo Became a Fixture in the Tech World Inside Hook via San Francisco Chronicle Newsdesk THE SEARCH FOR LENA Discovering one Playmate s role in the history of the Internet Playboy Archived from the original on 1997 07 04 Retrieved 19 October 2020 THE LENA IMAGE COMES TO LIFE Playboy May 1997 Archived from the original on 1997 07 04 Retrieved 19 October 2020 External links editLenna s centerfold in the Playboy Archive November 1972 pp 138 140 subscription required Iozzio Corinne 9 February 2016 The Playboy Centerfold That Helped Create the JPEG The Atlantic Retrieved 19 October 2020 A Complete Story of Lenna with one new picture of her The Lenna Story contains a link to an un cropped scan of the original Playboy centerfold A video artwork inspired by Lenna s story nbsp nbsp This Swedish biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This biography article about a Playboy Playmate is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lena Forsen amp oldid 1218096792, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
