Real life pin-up models posing for the artist (10 photos)

very cool vintage post chive thanks

The reason why the models were later painted was because back in this era looking at a real-life photograph of a woman in her undies was considered porn. But a painting of the same woman in the same undies was considered art, which was more acceptable than having porn.

Photoshop of the fifties! Love it.

Nice to see we’ve been augmenting women’s photos even back then

Gil Elvgren is good but his work is way too commercially recognized now. Let’s see a Alberto Vargas or George Petty post. Maxine Stevens also had amazing work.

This dude kind of invented photoshop……..Kinda

#2 What's with the bra?

Dude, your great grandma is hot…was…is…er.

Even pre-photoshop, the artist was

Even pre-photoshop, the artist was perfecting flaws and making the girls look skinnier.