Last weekend we looked at Bunny Yeager as a model. Today we’ll look at Bunny the photographer — and most notably at her most famous model, Bettie Page.
As Richard Corliss once described, Bettie had been the nadir of sexual exploitation:
In New York City, Page “starred” in tatty, furtive 8mm bondage loops (Dominant Betty Dances With Whip, Hobbled in Kid Leather Harness) that her Svengali, Irving Klaw, sold in plain brown wrappers at his Movie Star News shop. But in Miami, under Yeager’s congenial tutelage, Page bloomed as the girl next door with the bedroom shades up, or the beach bombshell with the seraphic grin. Between them, the Blond Bunny and brunette Bettie made nudity look both sexy and healthy.
And how:
Sensational.
There are millions of Bettie Page pics all over the Internet. But the good Bettie pics are mostly those taken by Bunny Yeager.