Suze Randall (born 18 May 1946) is an English model, photographer, and Pornography. After giving up modelling, she devoted her time to erotic photography and became the first woman to shoot Page 3 for The Sun newspaper. She was the first female staff photographer for both Playboy and Hustler. Randall is one of the early female pornographic film directors; she made Kiss and Tell in 1980. She is the president of adult content website Suze Network.
Her breakthrough came when she spotted the pinup model Lillian Müller and photographed her for Playboy. Müller was chosen as Playboy Playmate in August 1975 and subsequently Playmate of the Year in 1976. In a pictorial in Playboys May 1976 issue, Randall was both photographer and model. She went on to shoot a much more explicit self-portrait in a June 1977 Hustler pictorial.
Randall was staff photographer from 1975 until 1977 for Playboy under the supervision of the magazine's West Coast editor, Marilyn Grabowski, and from 1977 until 1979 staff photographer for Hustler. Later, she provided Penthouse Pet feature photo layouts.
Randall has shot album covers for recording artists including RevengeFlowers, Claude. New Order + Joy Division: Dreams Never End. London: Omnibus Press, 1995, p. 104. and Robert Palmer, a music video for Capitol Records, and also has photographed the imagery for the British Lamb's Navy Rum calendar.
In 2005, she received the NightMoves Lifetime Achievement Award.
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