Glamour photos

The concept of glamour taps into our innermost desires. Though often unfairly limited to just the depiction of fashion and art, women or celebrities, the writer Virginia Postrel notes that glamour is bigger than that - it has power in the form of nonverbal persuasion. In a talk on glamour in 2014, Postrel notes that “glamour is something that creates a sense of projection and longing. The longing is by channeling our desires." An often misinterpreted field, the history of glamour photography lies somewhere between the realms of fashion photoshoots and pornography, originating in the early years of 1900s France. As the Golden Age of Hollywood flourished stateside, the turn of the century saw art and photography shift to the U.S. and Ruth Harriet Louise becoming one the most prolific photographers of the 1920s. As the decades progressed so too did the ideas around what defines glamour photography. It does not indeed pull from a limited pool of subjects, as seen in the work by Alain Daussin and in particular in the black and white nudes of Gun Roze, as the artist captures how alluring the liberty of 1980s New York was compared to today. Thus, this style of photography questions our innermost desires - to let down our own guards and succumb to the allure of glamour in all of its forms.

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White Dancer

Ginger Addict

A Lady

Ruby Red

Ruby Red

Love

Shape

Parisian

Marisa French Vogue Studios 1970

Palarvi Sharda

Valeria Mazza Grazia Magazine Cover 1996

Ginger Addict

The Power of Five

The Power of Five

The drowning of consumption, shoes sauce

Ruby Red

Matilda

Ginger Addict

Ginger Addict

Inner connectivity

Garden of Love

Twins, Central Park

Summertime

Flora 4

London Walks

Lights off

Bedazzled 2

Bedazzled

Spa Henna 2

Henna in the Spa

Marisa Berenson 1971 American Vogue

Summit room Emirates palace UAE

Valeria Mazza - Halston 1998

Sarah 9

Argyle Diamond Splendour

Private Patio Dancing

Pink Diamonds Forever

Andie MacDowell

Dancing with Diamonds

Bedouin Camel

Oh for a Coconut !

Kate's Passion

Diamond Crusher

Black Birkin

Paint Birkin

Champagne hill heel

Birkin spill

The masked beauty

Guess again

Blown away

Louis Vuitton Legs

Carnaval gaiety

The Right Stuff

Ferrari Tire Change (XS)

Legs in the Gold Room (S)

Legs in the limo (XS)

Back Silhouette (S)

The Anonymity of Shape (S)

Prada bubblegum

Ruby Slippers

Lady and The Lion

Dorothy In the Kitchen

The Girl with The Red Glove

Zipper Mouth

Phonebooth Silhouette (XS)

Two Swans (XS)