Bunny Yeager's Darkroom: Pin-up Photography's Golden Era

This glamorous volume gathers more than a hundred lens-fogging photographs embodying the naughty girl-next-door eroticism of pin-up culture. A fun and sexy book, it is sure to tap into the current burlesque trend and the popularity of glamour photography and vintage American culture.. A treasure trove of pin-up girl images from photographer Bunny Yeager, celebrated for her playfully erotic photos of Bettie Page that continue to influence photography and fashion today. The beginning of a long collaboration, her photographs of Bettie have now been featured on more magazine covers than those of Marilyn Monroe. Yeager’s pioneering self-portraits and excerpts from her charming 1960s how-to manuals are featured alongside dozens of wholesome beauties shot in the studio and on location. Culled from Yeager’s extensive archive, the collection includes her most iconic shots of the legendary Bettie as well as many previously unpublished images. The only woman pin-up photographer of her day, Bunny Yeager was also a mod

with its recent beautifully appointed books concerning Bunny Yaeger Publisher Rizzoli has, with its recent beautifully appointed books concerning Bunny Yaeger,given Taschen a real sprint for their money. Every page chock full of nicely chosenglamour photographs shot by a master(mistress?) of the art form. Given time, it's takenthe better part of a century for her work to be pulled fr. "Photography Friend I Bought It For Loved It" according to lona wolfe. Can't say I know a lot about photography, but a dear friend of mine was looking to expand her business into so-called "boudoir" photography (sexy pictures intended for one's boyfriend/girlfriend) and I thought she'd enjoy this. She did, and said it was very inspiring. Seeing what was considered 'risque' back then as . Bettie is the best Bunny was a trailblazer female photographer and this is an excellent record of her work. Among all of her many female models, Bettie Page was the best, & there are a good number of shots of her here.

Petra Mason is a cultural historian and creative director whose East Coast-centric book credits include: Last Train to Paradise: Centennial edition, South Beach Stories, The Carlyle, In the Spirit of Miami Beach and New York. Photographic installations include: The Glass House Icon Project.

Creatively, and perhaps courageously, this is how she made a name for herself in an industry overflowing with men, and almost explicitly for men: the world of pin-up photos. The scenes she created are always glamorous but also quite endearing— sexy, fun and intriguing but with a sense of ease that makes them universally irresistible." –Coolhunting“You Have To Own…Bunny Yeager’s Darkroom, a seductive look at the 50-year career of Bunny Yeager, from pin-up model to photographer and designer. With old-fashioned courtesy and the patient grammatical correctness of a school teacher, Bunny’s musings on how to take photos come across as a motivational speech to love yourself, or at