The Early Photographs of Bettie Page: An American Icon -- Gary Reed

In 1952, Jack Faragasso, a young art student, hired a model for a photo shoot. The model was Bettie Page before her career took off to the heights of being labeled "The Queen of Pin Ups". Here, for the first time ever, are those photographs from that afternoon session. Outside of a few of the images used as reference for paperback book covers, these pictures have never been seen before.Faragasso would go on to serve as teacher at the prestigious Art Students League of New York and also paint 100's of paperback covers, mostly in the science fiction and gothic romance genres.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Gary Reed, Jack Faragasso<br><b>Publisher:</b> Binary Publications<br><b>Published:</b> 06/20/2013<br><b>Pages:</b> 56<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.34lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.12d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780985480745<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Jack Faragasso is a native born New Yorker who has been teaching drawing, painting, and composition at the Art Students League of New York since 1968. It was only natural that Mr. Faragasso, after being discharged from the US Army, to enroll in an art school. At the Art Students League of New York, he studied with Frank Reilly, both in New York and Woodstock and learned how to paint landscape and the figure outdoors. Reilly also taught photography as it was necessary for executing illustrations for portraits. Reilly was and still is regarded by many as one of the finest teachers of drawing and painting in th