Jim Schaeffing

Alberto Vargas

“Woman with Umbrella in Rain” by Raimund von Stillfried. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841–1934), 1870s. Commercial photography studios in Meiji-era Japan were renowned for the subtlety and refinement of their coloring techniques. This hand-tinted image of a young woman caught in a heavy rainstorm achieved its naturalistic effect by knitting together multiple strands of artifice: the greenery in the foreground was a studio prop; the flaps of the kimono were suspended by thin wires to create the impression of a strong wind; and long, diagonal marks were made on the negative to suggest streaks of rain. (Photo courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Alberto Vargas

Gil Elvgren

Ernest Chiriaka

mudwerks:

Miss Jill from Shanghai (by vintageillu)

Emily Hahn - Miss Jill from Shanghai
Avon 217 (1950)
Cover art by Bill Randall

Ernest Chiriaka

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Rene Gruau

For Vito’s Stockings

1960s

Art School, 1940s

Photo by Nina Leen for LIFE

Life Study, 1950s

Figure study, 1955

This painting by Robert Emil Schulz was on the cover of the paperback “Resort Girls” by Charles X Wolffe in 1964.

Figure Study, 1955

Illustration by Maxine McCaffrey