Alter ego photography is about portrait another side of oneself; basically a second self. But what is alter ego means?. In more colloquial terms, it’s a person’s “dark side.”
Playboy TV’s newest reality series Playboy Shoot Out brings together 10 beautiful model all competing to win their very own layout in Playboy magazine. The reality show is a competition of 10 beautiful ladies at the famous Studio West getting her photos in front of Hef himself!. Will we find the next Playmate? Only Hef knows for sure!
When we think the Academy Awards old photos, its impossible to do not associate it with George Hurrell, one of the illuminators of the Old Hollywood glamour photography. Hurrell photographed most of the glamorous actresses of his time includingJean Harlow, Norma Sheare, Dorothy Lamour, Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Myrna Loy, Joan Crawford and many others. Sharing a time when many of the photographers used soft lighting, Hurrell emphasis was on direct, dramatic lighting.
There are no rules to evaluate a photography and considered it as a piece of art. But everyday people will consider instantaneously a work of art those photographs that has been awarded in some important competition. Between the pros, one of the most desired awards are those that receive a merit from professional photographers associations like PPA (Professional Photographers of America) or WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International).
Over the years a number of fashion photography styles have grown towards each other, oft times overlapping. The word rockabilly was used around the mid forties and was a blend of hillbilly and rock and roll music styles. Todays pinup photographers generally recreate the stylish fifties imagery which overlaps but is distinct from rockabilly. It is not de rigueur to have tattoos and piercings for rockabilly, although many fans certainly do.
Burlesque photography are everywhere on the Internet. The early burlesque images with their typical risqué overtone designs have been reborn. Some glamour and pinup photographers has been captivated with burlesque photography. But where it comes from? Writer Debbie Mendoza has studied the burlesque over many years specializing in the history of vintage girdles.
