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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Black Roses

Don't Tell Me You Didn't Know

Magic Comes To Lurline Bay

Venus

Terrasse St Trop

Johnny Hallyday. Milan 1986

Don't Tell Mamma #4

Escape to Paris (Diamond Dust)

Lightness

White Dancer

Photo de mode et chien Dalmatien : Aria

2050-9

No title (No42)

Dajana I, Milan, Exposure

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Mesure nº1

Soru (7)

Duo Dive

Kate Coyne

Splash!

Cap Ferrat Pine

Long Island Wave

Jardin du Luxembourg 1

Long Island Winter

Coral Sea reeffish patterns

Twilight Uluru

Between dog and wolf

Puff Cloud

Anish Kapoor 2

Matisse's Venetian Chair

Cap Ferrat

Aldwick Wave

Magnolia

Cafe de Flore (Ravelstein)

Look at me! I am chained but I am sexy!

Listen

Riding the Wind

Training Camp 2

Magali Camber Sands 1

China Mochado

Discus thrower

Kate Coyne, Teatime

Finding Nemo in the Coral Sea

Marisa French Vogue Studios 1970

Let’s eat together

Martina, Dive 1

The golden jail

Too busy surviving to be angry

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How do I have so many debts!

I’m sure you did what you could

Coral Sea Conservation Underwater

Inside the web

They’re all gazing at me

Run worker, run!

Culture for all

Let’s eat together

The Mystery of the Mouth

Suspense

The Red Book

Smoke

Mindset Locked - Size L

Mindset Locked - Size M

Malibu Rock Pond

Palarvi Sharda

Medina Art

Rio Carnaval

Rio Carnival