“She was very tasteful and appreciated that,” said Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries’ owner, principal auctioneer and appraiser Joanne Grant, 80.

Working with Yeager, who died in 2014 at age 85 of congestive heart failure, Page was captured in more artistic settings away from the male gaze.

Their collaborations, which started in 1954, allowed Page to break free from bondage shoots for fetish magazines. It’s a treasure trove that showcases Yeager and Page’s celebrated working relationship, which yielded some of the most iconic images of the latter. The auction is the fifth sale of Yeager’s work since January, and it will include unpublished pictures and negatives of midcentury beauties, spanning thousands of items across 380 lots. Bunny Yeager famously elevated the work of pinup models into an art form through set design and natural lighting, such as this iconic shot of Bettie Page. On Saturday, Mid-Hudson Auction Galleries, located in New Windsor, NY, will auction off a portion of the late pinup-turned-photographer Bunny Yeager’s vast archives, among them some of the most famous shots of the notorious Bettie Page. “They were both plucky, smart, independent-minded women in a time when the world didn’t offer as many opportunities for them, and I think they recognized similar qualities in each other.” And Bettie showed up, ready to work, bringing a creativity and exuberance with her posing and facial expression,” said 50-year-old Richard Foster, the author of the “ The Real Bettie Page.” “Bunny understood what made a good photo shoot work, because she was a model, as well as a modeling and photography teacher. Yeager started her career as a model and was the Cheesecake Queen of 1951, before getting behind the camera to shoot Bettie Page and other leggy models in the 1950s and ’60s, elevating pinup pics to works of art. Linnea Eleanor “Bunny” Yeager knew how to look great on camera - and how to make other women look beautiful, too. NYC nightlife gets a jolt with jugglers, belly dancers, sword swallowers Less is more: NYC showgirls take it off for upcoming calendar Half-nude stormtroopers to invade NYC theaterĬritics accuse male models of running ‘Fyre Fest of burlesque’

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