The changing body image of the female in photography

**Dakotah Jackson** · 18-Mar-2012, 09:08

http://www.retronaut.co/2012/01/exotic-dancers-1890s/

Take a look at how things have changed through the years.
Different body types for modeling then and now.

**Frank Petronio** · 18-Mar-2012, 09:41

Before and After in one shot... how she wants to look.

**Ben Syverson** · 18-Mar-2012, 09:49

Frank, that before/after is super unsettling. You should make it a series!

**Bill_1856** · 18-Mar-2012, 09:50

Looks to me like they got it right in about 1890.

**Andrew O'Neill** · 18-Mar-2012, 09:59

Ahhh, the days of the hour glass figure...

**Frank Petronio** · 18-Mar-2012, 10:05

Originally Posted by Ben Syverson

Frank, that before/after is super unsettling. You should make it a series!

Yeah but naked pictures always end up biting me in the end, I'm done, you can run with it.

**Ben Syverson** · 18-Mar-2012, 10:11

Originally Posted by Frank Petronio

Yeah but naked pictures always end up biting me in the end, I'm done, you can run with it.

Really, you're getting out of nudes? Tell me it's not because of haters

**Peter York** · 18-Mar-2012, 10:41

I wonder how many of those women ended up with medical issues due to waist-cinching.

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