Bunny Yeager
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| Born | March 13, 1930 Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Bunny Yeager (born Linnea Eleanor Yeager;[1] March 13, 1930) is an American photographer and former pin-up model.[1]
Born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Yeager became one of the most photographed models in Miami.[1] After retiring from modeling, she began her career behind the camera. She met Bettie Page in 1954, and took most of the photographs of her that year.[1] Along with photographer Irving Klaw, Yeager played a role in helping to make Page famous, particularly with her photos in Playboy magazine.[1] Yeager is also credited with discovering the model Lisa Winters.[citation needed] Following Page's retirement, Yeager remained a successful photographer. She took the well-known still images of Ursula Andress on the beach in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No, and discovered many other notable models.[1] In 1968 she played the role of a Swedish masseuse opposite Frank Sinatra in Lady In Cement.[1]
Yeager was played by Sarah Paulson in the 2005 film The Notorious Bettie Page.[2] She was also featured on a CNN story about the 60th anniversary of the bikini.[3]
In 2005, Cult Epics released the DVD 100 Girls by Bunny Yeager, a documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on Yeager's photo sessions with Page and other pin-up models.
In early 2010, the Warhol Museum held the first exhibition of Bunny's work. Most of the photographs in the exhibit came from Bunny's book "How I Photograph Myself" published by A.S.Barnes & Co. in 1964.[4]
In 2011, the Schuster Gallery (Berlin/Miami) became the official representative of the photographic artwork of Bunny.[5]
In November 2011, the Dezer Schauhalle [6] in Miami FL will host a retrospective exhibition of Bunny's work. Included are some never before seen photos of various models including the late Bettie Page.
[edit] Books
- 100 Girls by Bunny Yeager. A.S.Barnes, 1965
- How I photograph Myself by Bunny Yeager. NY A.S. Barnes 1964
- How I Photograph Nudes by Bunny Yeager. NY A. S. Barnes 1963
- Camera in the Caribbean by Bunny Yeager. Louisville, Whitestone Pubs: 1965
- Bunny Yeager's New Photo Discoveries by Bunny Yeager
- A B C's of Figure Photography by Bunny Yeager
- How to Photograph the Figure by Bunny Yeager. Louisville, Whitestone: 1963
- How to Take Figure Photos by Bunny Yeager. Louisville, Whitestone: 1962
- Bunny Yeager's Photo Studies by Bunny Yeager. . Louisville, Whitestone: 1960 [Also 1963, abridged]
- Photographing the Female Figure by Bunny Yeager. Greenwich, Fawcett: 1957
- The Art of Glamour Photography by Bunny Yeager. Amphoto: 1962
- Drawing the Human Figure using Photographs by Bunny Yeager. NY, A.S. Barnes: 1965
- Camera in Jamaica by Bunny Yeager, A. S. Barnes & Company, South Brunswick: (1967)
- Bettie Page Confidential, St. Martin's Press (1994) ISBN 0-312-10940-7
- Bunny Yeager's Bikini Girls of the 1950s, Schiffer Publishing (2004) ISBN 0764320025
- Bunny Yeager's Flirts of the Fifties, Schiffer Publishing (2007) ISBN 0764326376
