For many portrait photographers one of the highlights of their portfolios is glamour photography. For some, glamour photography comes in the form of sharing an artistic passion for photography of the beauty. Yet many photographers (both prosumers and seasoned professionals), seem to lack either the confidence or the skills necessary to understand the nature of Glamour Photography.
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.
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.”
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.
Pinup, glamour, and ‘cheesecake’ began to gain popularity in the 1930s. It was a time when the image of a pretty girl flourished. Glamour photography has changed over time as the female form, portrayed in art and photography, became more provocative.
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.
