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

Twilight Uluru

A bout de souffle

Venus

Terrasse St Trop

Johnny Hallyday. Milan 1986

Let me dance

The Picnic Party, Small

Escape to Paris (Diamond Dust)

Don't Tell Mamma #4

White Dancer

Photo de mode et chien Dalmatien : Aria

2050-30

Heart

Antinoüs

No title (No42)

TooLess 4692, 3D Lightbox

Dajana I, Milan, Exposure

Bettie Page ‘Two- Peace Leopard Print Suit', Key Biscayne, FL

La Maison du Fada nº1

Soru

Because I said so

Duo Dive

Kate Coyne

Splash!

Cap Ferrat Pine

Long Island Wave

Jardin du Luxembourg 1

Coral Sea reeffish patterns

Long Island Winter

Between dog and wolf

Puff Cloud

Anish Kapoor 2

Matisse's Venetian Chair

Magali Camber Sands 1

Cap Ferrat

Aldwick Wave

Magnolia

Riding the Wind

Training Camp 2

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

Magic Comes To Lurline Bay

Listen

China Mochado

Discus thrower

Finding Nemo in the Coral Sea

Kate Coyne, Teatime

Cafe de Flore (Ravelstein)

Inside the web

The Mystery of the Mouth

Marisa French Vogue Studios 1970

Let’s eat together

Martina, Dive 1

Coral Sea Conservation Underwater

The golden jail

Too busy surviving to be angry

I would have liked to know the world as it was

How do I have so many debts!

I’m sure you did what you could

They’re all gazing at me

Run worker, run!

Culture for all

Serpentine

Let’s eat together

Suspense