ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀɪʟʏ ᴠɪɴᴛᴀɢᴇ In 1974, David Miller was photographed by Jim French, the photographer behind Colt Studio, while still actively serving in the U.S. military. The photographs eventually appeared in In Touch magazine, including a rare standalone issue titled Portrait of David. And then things got complicated. Like, really complicated. According to the story that has circulated with these photographs, Miller objected when some of the more revealing images were prepared for publication without his approval. He reportedly demanded the unpublished negatives back, and the dispute eventually became serious enough that his military chain of command got involved. The issue was withdrawn, although a small number of copies apparently escaped into circulation. Miller would continue to appear in In Touch later that year, but Portrait of David became something of a photographic ghost. Today, surviving copies are scarce and highly collectible. The whole thing screams seventies b-grade movie: a handsome 20-something soldier, a provocative photographer, a magazine pushing boundaries, and one very unhappy model discovering that photographs can have a whole new life of their own once they leave the photographer’s hands.