Glamour photography
Glamour photography is a genre of
Since glamour photography can include nudity, the distinction between this and
History
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Until the latter half of the 20th century glamour photography was usually referred to as
In December 1953, Marilyn Monroe was featured in the first issue of Playboy magazine. Bettie Page was the Playboy Playmate of the Month in January 1955. Playboy was the first magazine featuring nude erotic photography to receive mainstream attention. Penthouse was the second such magazine to achieve this.
Glamour models popular in the early 1990s included Hope Talmons and Dita Von Teese and the modern era is represented in the U.S. by models like Heidi Van Horne and Bernie Dexter, while leading representatives of the genre in the UK include Katie Price and Lucy Pinder.[citation needed]
Magazines and movie stars
Standards and styles of glamour photography change over time, reflecting for example changes in social acceptance and taste. In the early 1920s, United States photographers like Ruth Harriet Louise and George Hurrell photographed celebrities to glamorize their stature by utilizing lighting techniques to develop dramatic effects.[7][8]
Until the 1950s, glamour photography in advertising and in
Popular portraiture
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Since the 1990s and especially in the 2010s, glamour photography has increased in popularity among the public. In more formal settings, glamour portrait studios have opened, offering professional hair and makeup artists and professional retouching to allow the general public to have the "model" experience. These sometimes include boudoir portraits but are more commonly used by professionals and high school seniors who want to look their best for their portraits.
As photography has become widely adopted through the use of smartphones, glamour photography has become a popular type of content featured on social media, particularly on Instagram. Instagram models and influencers posting glamour photography-type content have attracted heavy scrutiny from the general public, and are blamed for contributing to rising rates of depression and anxiety in the West.[9][10][11]
Gallery
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Models posing for a magazine cover, 2008
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photoshootin 2006
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Woman posed with a red veil
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Nude male model, using the male equivalent of the handbra, 2009
See also
Further reading
- Simpson, Mark (23 March 2015). "How men became the new glamour models". The Daily Telegraph. London.
References
- ^ "glamour". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
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- ^ Thomas, Mike (May 12, 1994). "Glamour Shots Take Writer from Bland to Bond". Toronto Star. Orlando Sentinel. Section B, p. J.3.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (January 16, 1995). "Lights Up on Hollywood's Hurrell / Special focuses on the inventor of the glamour-shot style". San Francisco Chronicle.(subscription required)
- ^ "Legends in Light: The Hollywood Photography of George Hurrell". Hurrell Estate Collection. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ^ Scott, Elfy (30 August 2018). "Instagram Has Some Pretty Huge Effects On Our Psychology, Here's Everything We Know So Far". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ "Instagram Models And 'Influencers' Are Hurting Your Mental Health". The Odyssey Online. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ Leighton, Heather. "Influencers Admit That Instagram Is Bad For Body Image, Mental Health, Study Shows". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-17.