"THE FORGOTTEN CRAYONS"

[SANTIAGO]

*Rare images from the 1950's of the forgotten or neglected world of ethnic pin-up, burlesque, and glamour .

 

The Forgotton Crayons from RICEANDBEANZ on Vimeo.

 

 

This pinup revival thing has gone from counter culture to mainstream, yet the lack of ethnic imagery (new or old) in a country as diverse as ours is quite shocking. During my years of researching for my own pin up artworks, frustration took hold of me at the lack of retro beauty delving deeper than caucasian glamour hinting as if vintage pin-up was exclusive to one type. I could care less about what era or continent a woman is from. Beauty is beauty and beauty is timeless! It encompassing all colors, shades, hues, shapes and epochs.

Because of so much discrimination, women of color had no equal access to the top photographers of the time, so they took matters into their own hands. I have come across so many rare gems in my finding that I feel compelled to share and help fill this vacuum, this neglected part of the pin-up world. I hope to inspire, to educate, expose and provide some history of the colors of beautiful glamour, pinup and Burlesque during the mid century. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

• Disclaimer: Due to the realities of that era some headlines may disturb some viewers.


Special thanks to "Vieilles Annonces", Coverbrowser.com and many others.
Music by Little Richard

[Lil_Bit {★}]

YES YES YES YES!!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love it!!! LOVE!!

[SANTIAGO]

:)

[Radioactive Rare Jewel]

Very beautiful women indeed!

[gojirasan]

Wow - thanks so much for posting, and for your efforts of research into this. I love the "rainbow" of colors!!

[Mark Anthony Lacy]

Thanks for posting this. It's always nice to see fabulous femmes from the fifties in a variety of shades. I've always enjoyed shooting with models of various ethnic backgrounds for my pinup work. Just check out my Exotiques section to see what I mean.  Lacy Unlimited

[Venus de Milo]

Thank you so much for this. I was almost in tears watching this beautiful homage to the women of color.

[Cherry Club Inc.]

This is WONDERFUL! I am a huge collector of pinup/retro stuff in general but my love is Paper products, calanders, postcards, magazines, photos etc. So seeing all the magazines made me drool! I would love to see this S-L-O-W-E-D down. like the length of three songs. but wonderful job making it ROCK with the music! YE-OW!!!!

[PinkPurr.com]

Very well put together, great music but too fast! Want to go back and slow it down to really appreciate... the pace however shows the quantity of shots taken and I'm sure there are tons more out there! Thumbs up for a great job!

Kat (PinkPurr)

[Sunny]

Beautiful ladies! And such lovely curves!!!!!!

[BOMBSHELL LOLA POP]

IN TEARS! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING! :)

[SANTIAGO]

:)

 

[cherry coma man]

This is a great post, thanks Santiago and Riceandbeanz. Wow the history of each image is grand at that.