Bettie Page: Queen of Curves; by Petra Mason, photography by Bunny Yeager; Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. (ISBN: 978-0-7893-2748-2) 256 pages
A treasure trove of never-before-seen playfully erotic photos of legendary pinup girl and style icon Bettie Page, from cult pinup photographer Bunny Yeager. Bunny Yeager has long been credited for capturing Bettie Page’s true nature—her flirtatious and playfully erotic side—in classic pinup images that continue to influence photography and fashion today. This collection, culled from Yeager’s extensive archive, features her most iconic shots of the legendary Bettie as well as never-before-seen images, including many nudes, which by all reports is how Bettie was most comfortable. Yeager was a young pinup photographer in 1955 when she hit the jackpot with her shot of Bettie scantily clad in a Santa hat, which sold instantly to the fledgling Playboy magazine. It was the beginning of a long collaboration between the two women, and Yeager’s photographs of Bettie have now been featured on more magazine covers than those of her contemporary, Marilyn Monroe. This glamorous book gathers more than two hundred lens-fogging photographs of Bettie embodying the naughty girl-next-door eroticism of pin-up culture, with such playful chapters as: "Jungle Land," "Nutty Cheesecake," "Sweet and Savage," and "She Devil." A fun and sexy volume, this is the most comprehensive book on Bettie Page to date.
Photographer Bunny Yeager first attained fame as a beautiful and popular pin-up model in her own right—one of the most photographed in Miami. Upon retiring from her successful first career in front of the lens, Yeager soon embarked upon a new endeavor by expertly transitioning from subject to artist.
Her prior experience gave Yeager a unique perspective that allowed her to build good working relationships with her subjects, creating a celebrated and extensive body of work. One of her most noted subjects was the 1950’s pin-up icon (the stunning and infamous) Bettie Page.
Page began her career in the early 1940’s—modeling fur coats—but it wasn’t long before she began to pose for pin-ups and soon photos of her were being published in various magazines. Eventually leading her to working with top photographers like Yeager. The book, Bettie Page: Queen of Curves explores the work of both of these talented ladies.
Offering a collection of 250 color and black and white images of the raven-haired beauty with the trademark bangs. The images (shot in Florida) were taken from Yeager’s own extensive archive, many have never been seen before and all have been carefully reproduced and color corrected for this tribute to both photographer and model.