Yeager’s Pin-Up Work Seems So Innocent Today
It’s amazing for those of us who were alive at the time the photos in this book were taken and first published, that we were anxiously waiting to see them. These pin-ups were really more fashion or swim ware photographs than pin-ups. In many cases the models had to make their own swim suits. Many of their creations were actually considered risque.
Except for some of the photos of Bettie Page, who does deserve the title of “Pin-Up Queen”, most of the images are tamer than the animals shown in the Africa USA Safari Park in Boca Raton, Florida.
The photos of Sammy Davis, Jr. were interesting because of his celebrity status and his interest in photography and, of course, pin-up models. Most of the best photographs in the volume are found in the proof sheets. The best “Nude not Naked” photos in the book were taken of model Christine Starr in the ancient ruins at Chichen Itza, Mexico in 1967.
There are so few nudes included in the book, the readers almost have to ask themselves if there were as many beautiful women around during the era when these photos were made. But there are enough beautiful models included to dismiss that silly notion. There have always been beautiful women around even if they didn’t want to have their faces and identity revealed in the published end products. The readers of this book can see this for themselves by checking out the nudes of the book and proof sheets. The models faces are often turned away or covered by props or even their own body and hairdos.
Unlike some of these glamour photo collections, this book actually includes quite a lot of text.
For all those other stone-age males who are still alive, this book is a fun trip down memory lane. They are left-overs from an age of innocence. One word of warning, however, they will also remind many of us fans that we are ancient and no longer very relevant. It’s also tough to realize that all those beautiful women have probably been dead for years but hopefully most of them were grandmothers and great grandmothers before their passed away..
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