Pinup photos usually feature young barely dressed women, at least that’s what’s popularized by Sports Illustrated but suppose I told you they don’t have to be.  That you could pose in period dress and look like a glamorous turn of the century, Evelyn Nesbit or like a silver screen star ala Gloria Swanson. Pick a period. Choose clothing and have your make-up done in the style of the era. Smoky eyes of the silent movies or the red lips of the 1950s.  It’s up to you. My guest specializes in a photographic method that encourages women to embrace their glamorous side regardless of age.  
 

Krzystyna Caldarone knows what she’s doing. A student of classic pinups, she admires photographers such as Alfred Cheney Johnson, known for photographing the Ziegfeld Follies.  She’s studied the photography of Bunny Yeager, a former pinup model. Links are in the show notes. Krzystyna attends historically themed events such as the Newport Art Deco Weekend, the NYC Jazz Age Lawn Party,  Boston’s Swing’s Roaring Twenties Lawn Party and even Rockabilly Events. She’s easy to spot…with a converted snapshot camera around her neck.  

Related Episodes:

• Episode 72: Wearing the Past: A Modern Woman’s Obsession With Period Dress

Links:

• Vintage Girl Studios
• Biography of Bunny Yeager
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About My Guest:

Krzystyna Caldarone is a professional photographer who started working in film at age fifteen. She learned her craft at the iconic film- processing lab, Ferranti-Dege, located in Harvard Square, Boston.

Krzystyna has owned and managed, Kryzstyna Harber Photography (www.kharberphoto.com), for eighteen years where she transitioned to digital photography and honed her post-production editing skills through her work in wedding photography, rock and roll photojournalism and studio portraiture. In spring of 2010, Krzystyna left the traditional world of professional photography in her quest for artistic satisfaction and photographic adventure to found Vintage Girl Studios.

Vintage Girl Studios offers studio sessions that transform women into classic visions of themselves from past eras. Vintage clothing, set design and professional hair and make-up stylists help perform this transformation to c

I'm thrilled to be offering something new. Photo investigations. These collaborative one-on-one sessions. Look at your family photos then you and I meet to discuss your mystery images. And find out how each clue and hint might contribute to your family history. Find out more by going to maureentaylor.com and clicking on family photo investigations. 

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