It's been a minute since I've talked about Bunny Yeager, who..
Added 2024-07-24 11:00:26 +0000 UTCIt's been a minute since I've talked about Bunny Yeager, who turned cheesecake pinup into art.
Born in 1929 in Pennsylvania but spent much of her life in Miami, she adopted the name Bunny after Lana Turner's character in the 1945 movie Weekend At The Waldorf. As an adult she won numerous contests as a pinup, becoming the most famous pinup of Miami at the time.
Bunny was known for her capability in sewing many of the swimsuits she posed in, being known for never wearing the same swimsuit twice.
She took up photography to make a little money, but ended up enjoying it so much that she became fully invested as a photographer, credited with not only her technical skill for identifying best ways to photograph pinups in sunlight, but also for making swimsuits for her models which included two-piece bikinis!
She, along with photographer Irving Klaw, photographed Bettie Page, resulting in her stardom, and is recognized as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century.
