Pin up art is that which would comfortably fit on the nose of a bomber that
was about to take off and fly into the war.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <l...@red4est.com>
Subject: Definition of pinup?
In another forum I made a comment that it might be fun to do a pin-up
style shoot at the Canepa museum. I got some interesting critiques of
the idea from one person in particular. Some quotes:
... They have a lot of nice cars, but mostly ex-race cars... Only a couple
hot rods. ...
To which I replied, showing my own prejudices:
"We would definitely have to talk to them first.
As to the cars, race cars are what hot rods pretend to be."
Her reply was:
If you're going for a traditional pin-up look, you don't want to be
standing next to a 1974 Porsche in a museum. You want to be standing next
to a pre-62 hot rod or kustom. Something that is distinctly American and
not pretending to be anything other than what it is. The hot rod and
kustom culture that originated in post-war California still exists in a
vibrant way, and is accessible to those who want to shoot traditional
pin-up photography and not just photos of girls with cars.
I said that I didn't particularly care to be authentic, and asked what
I should call it. She said:
Perhaps you should use the term "girls with cars" rather than pin-up for
what you're doing. The last shoot you did would more closely fall under
the genre of portraiture than pin-up. Using high-key lighting as you did
in that shoot is considered very amateur in the pin-up photographer
community.
So, some questions to those who know more about pin-up photography than I,
which isn't setting the bar very high:
What is the definition of "pin-up" photography?
Is high-key lighting really considered amateurish?
Only pre-1962 American cars? Really?
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