Later I went to Hollywood Military Academy.” “My mother didn’t like the way my father was raising me, so she went to court, and the judge ordered joint custody. “My parents divorced when I was two,” he says. His mother was an actress and writer, and Peter was in one of her plays when he was, six weeks old. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, and Erich Von Stroheim (who directed him in the 1923 classic Greed). in 1914 and worked with the era’s legendary figures, including D.W. His British-born father Gibson Gowland was a silent-screen actor who came to the U.S. Peter and Alice are virtually unique in this group for their complete absence of pretense or ego an easy, casual friendliness is just as central to the Gowlands as great picture-taking. In the process of working on my book Va Va Voom covering the Glamour queens of the ’50s, I’ve had the honor of meeting many unforgettable personalities, the vast majority of whom I came to like as well as admire. But a petty emotion such as envy seems out of place, with two people as utterly charming as Peter and Alice Gowland There would be much to envy in a man who has built a remarkable career out of shooting beautiful women on the beaches of Southern California, working side by side with a lovely wife who has contributed greatly to his success. His career has covered virtually every aspect of the business, from Playboy centerfolds, calendar and commercial work, to the invention of original camera designs (where the inspiration he derived from Tom Swift was especially pertinent).
A young man named Peter Gowland eagerly read all of the Tom Swift tales while growing up, little knowing that he would later apply much of the same zest and creativity in building a career that would forge his own legend.įor more than 40 years, the name of Peter Gowland has been synonymous with Glamour photography of the highest order. He offered readers the conviction that with enough imagination and energy, anything was possible. Thanks for stopping to shop under the Grapefruit Moon, where the past is always present.For generations of American boys during the era from 1910 to the 1940s, the literary character of Tom Swift served as a shining role model for his brilliant inventions and bold sense of adventure.
CLASSIC NUDE WOMAN FEMALE DIANE WEBBER ARCHIVE
This item comes directly from Bunny Yeager’s estate, part of her archive and inventory, carefully stored.įor more great vintage items, visit us at or find us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery. We have no 3rd party COA, but guarantee this to be hand-signed by Bunny Yeager.
A great slice of pin-up history.Īlthough the image is vintage, this print was struck in the mid-1990s, autographed by Bunny with pen in the lower portion. Yeager captured the female body with a beauty, strength, power and emotionality unparalleled by the lens of many of her male contemporaries. Her work was both groundbreaking and technically brilliant one of the only female photographers working in the pin-up and nude genres. Yeager’s body of work includes over five decades of spectacular and compelling celebrations of female beauty. Yeager was described as "the world’s greatest pin-up photographer" by Diane Arbus, and best-remembered for her iconic collaborations with Bettie Page. This sexy item is hand-signed by Yeager, autographed with pen in the lower portion. An actress, dancer and widely-published model, Webber appeared in "Playboy" magazine twice as Playmate of the Month.
For sale is a pin-up lithograph of Diane Webber by legendary photographer Bunny Yeager, shot on the beach in Los Angeles, CA in 1956.
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