Bunny Yeager 1966 Photograph Nude Bunny With Christine Starr On Ruins In Mexico

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ITEM: You are bidding on an original 8" x 10" gelatin silver photograph taken by Bunny Yeager in 1966 on location in Mexico at The Temple Of The Warriors, Chichen-itza in the Yucatan Peninsula. An artful and iconic shot of the the very pretty figure model Christine Starr, who also modeled as Bella O'Dare, being photographed by Yeager. A recent book was published titled Women Of The Sun, showcasing images that Yeager shot in Mexico during the 1960s with an interview with Christine Starr! The Mexico series is some of Yeager's very best work.
Measures 8" x 10" on single weight glossy paper stock with verso Yeager stamp and hand written location.
Yeager’s body of work includes over five decades of spectacular and compelling celebrations of female beauty. Her work was both groundbreaking and technically brilliant; one of the only female photographers working in the pin-up and nude genres. Yeager captured the female body with a beauty, strength, power and emotionality unparalleled by the lens of many of her male contemporaries. A great slice of pin-up history.
Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.
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Grapefruit Moon Gallery is the proud home of the extensive, detailed, and comprehensive estate of photographer and pin-up model Bunny Yeager. Described as "the world’s greatest pin-up photographer" by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page, Yeager’s body of work includes over five decades of spectacular, and groundbreaking celebrations of female beauty.
Yeager’s archive includes thousands of never-before-seen and many unpublished camera images of leading glamour and cheesecake models, unique camera negatives & transparencies, photographs, contact sheets, original model costumes, props, cameras, model release forms, technical notes, as well as displays and exhibition mounted large photographs from her Miami showroom. Yeager’s work is both groundbreaking and technically brilliant; one of the only female photographers working in the pin-up and nude genres, she captured the female body with a beauty, strength, power, and emotionality unparalleled by the leering lens of many of her male contemporaries.
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