Retro Inspired Glamour...Pin-Up Photo Shoot Aboard The USS Alabama. Austin, Houston, San Antonio Glamour/Boudoir Photographer On Location. 

  With a desire to expand the depth of my education and skill as a woman's photographer, I am venturing into the study of the pin-up, and have started exploring the genre.  My first steps into this art form have been into the iconic World War II era.  Although not the true beginning of the genre, it was an influential period with a large market interest for the all American sweetheart used to "help with the war effort".     

  Recently I packed up my gear and traveled to Mobile Bay, home to the World War II battleship USS Alabama.   We planned a retro-inspired shoot aimed at capturing the feel of a WWII pinup.  

  Throughout the war, sexy and evocative works of pin-up art were painted on the nose of combat aircraft, as well as carried and posted by service members around the world. They included women who were fully clothed showing some stocking top and garter or in shorts with a cropped top, to women in bathing suits, lingerie, and occasionally nude or implied nude. These images became iconic of an era, however, the pin-up dates back to the 1800s in one form or another.

Showing Off Her Twins v.1 by Von Trapp Photography 2015(From the Dorothy goes to sea series, homage to the WWII pinup.)

Pinup Glamour Shoot Aboard The U.S.S. Alabama.
With inspiration from countless WWII pin-ups in mind, Von Trapp Photography set out to do homage to a loved genre of photography from that era. One of the USS Alabama's aft twin 40mm mount is the setting for Dorthy to show off her luscious gams and her own set of twins. Her 32 DD's that is, which are fully readied for action, having been loaded in her bullet bra.
Our dish is wearing back-seam Cuban heel stockings with a garter belt, a period inspired dress, and
a period correct bullet bra.
The bra molds her already delectable bosom into an eye-popping silhouette
which would make any sailor hard...pressed not to stand up and take notice of her.

Model/HMU: Dorothy

  Quoting from a article in the Huffington Post Art & Culture by Priscilla Frank, "She's risqué but never explicit.  She's flirtatious but fiercely independent. She's erotic but always safe for work...".

My images from the Alabama shoot do not faithfully represent the war years, the wardrobe is more correct for the early/mid 1950's.  However, I feel the retro-inspired look of these shots do indeed honor the countless images that went to war.

Dorothy by Von Trapp Glamour Photography 2015PinUp Glamour Inspired by the WWII pinup, we styled this image with shoes, lingerie and hair to hint at the feel of that era, and photographed on location abroad the USS Alabama. Model/HMU: Dorothy. From the Dorothy goes to sea series, homage to the WWII pinup.

  Watch this U.S. Navy training video about the firing of the 16 inch gun.

USS Alabama's Pin Up Girl by Von Trapp Photography 2015 | Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio Glamour-Pinup-BoudoirRetro WWII Inspired Glamour Photographed aboard the USS Alabama in vintage-inspired dress, slingback pumps, undergarments, Cuban heel two tone stockings, Betty Bangs and finger curls. Taken the galley next to the number three 16 inch main gun casement. Model/HMU: Dorothy. From the Dorothy goes to sea series, homage to the WWII pinup.

Rack-Time v.1 by Von Trapp Photography 2015.(From the Dorothy goes to sea series, homage to the WWII pinup.)

Located in the enlisted billet, port side stern, aboard the Battleship USS Alabama, model Dorothy prepares to get some sack time.

Model/HMU: Dorothy

 It is said that the three most popular pin-up images of WWII are of Betty Grable in her one-piece bathing suit, Rita Hayworth wearing a form-fitting négligée and Jane Russell leaning against a haystack, her bodice at the breaking point. Although these images were originally photographs that were made into posters and often reproduced as drawings and paintings, most pin-up art was some form of drawing or painting.

Domestic Duties v.2 by Von Trapp Photography 2015.(From the series: Dorothy goes to sea, homage to the WWII pinup.)

Working in the ship's loundry of the USS Alabama would have been more enjoyable under these conditions.
Model/HMU: Dorothy

  There were other photographs of lovely women that were available to service members as pin-ups.  Among them were images published in the weekly Yank Magazine. 

  For more info about the evolution of the pin-up visit the sites below, and for your own chance to become a modern pin-up contact us at Von Trapp Photography.  Connecting you to your glamour.

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/473044/Pin-up-queens-The-real-women-behind-Gil-Elvgren-cheesecake-paintings

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/the-art-of-pin-up_n_5924236.html

http://www.thepinupfiles.com/mozert.html      http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/pinupart/ 

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/pinupart/    

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Petty      http://petty.momentscapture.com/georgepetty.php

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