Gil Elvgren’s Pin-Up Girls
In 1940 Elvgren adopted the technique of painting from a photograph rather than working from a live model. This allowed him to meticulously stage a scene in which he could build sets with various props to portray different subjects and scenarios and perfect the lighting of the models. Once he was pleased with the set up Elvgren would then photograph the scene and the posed model with a 2 ¼ Rollei.
