Linnea Eleanor "Bunny" Yeager
- Linnea Eleanor Bunny Yeager was the photographer of the image in question. She initially started her career as a designer and model herself. Her bathing suit designs caught the eye of the American population. Yeager became a recognized model by taking various jobs throughout the United States. Desired by photographers and magazines, Yeager moved to Miami where she was reaching her peak in the modeling and fashion world. In the early 1950s, she changed the course of her career and debuted as a skilled photographer. With her own experience as a former model and the help of a night class at Lindsay-Hopkins Technical College, Yeager found herself in love with the art of photography. With one of her first assignments for her photography course, Bunny obtained the attention and her first professional image was sold to the Eye magazine in order to be used as their cover for an issue of March in 1954. Her innovative ideas for photoshoots such as capturing images of models in natural light lead her to be soon recognized by the public and her work soon appeared in Playboy. Her first issue featuring Bettie Page, allowed her to become responsible for the centerfold page of the following Playboy issues.
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Bunny Yeager How I Photograph Myself Press Release. www.gavlakgallery.com/attachment/en/5374f947a9aa2c98748b4568/TextOneColu....
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