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by David Perry

David Perry, Foreword by Robt. Williams. For as long as young men have been channeling, chopping, and hopping up rods and customs, women - whether loyal girlfriends or trouble-seeking "bad girls" - have been an integral to their scene. In this unique portfolio evoking great 1950s pin-up artists like Vargas and Elvgren, talented photographer David Perry depicts models in and out of cherry-picked rods and customs wearing painstakingly chosen period dress and hairstyles. More than 100 photos present these modern-day pin-ups under three themes: Garage, Cruising, and Race. In addition, essays explore each topic and are also accompanied by pulp novel covers, period mags, and ads that place the photography in a historical context. Captions identify the car owners, photo location, and, where appropriate, interesting car specs and histories.

Genres: Art

144 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 2005

About the author

After studying photography at Art Center College of Design, he opened his first photo studio in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, in 1986. By 1991, he began documenting and romanticizing the emerging underground hot rod and pin-up culture in California.

His photographs have been exhibited, collected and published worldwide.

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hot Rod Pin-ups is exactly the kind of book the title implies, some hot girls posing on or near cars. The girls have some great tattoos, and I learned a bit about posing people for photographs from this book. Definitely fun for an hour.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

What more can be said...kampy not really a book but a collecting of pictures

[Madtwins]

Highly recommended to all cool cats and kittens !!!

[Ellison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Features a collection of gals suggestively draped across vehicles. Engaging.

[Ryan Mickels · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Rat Rods and I love Pin-ups but man this was so very bad.