Un poco del Torneo Nacional en Los Cabos celebrado en la Playa Zippers.

Fotos : GreenRooms y Fernanda Aldaco

Una pin-up es una fotografía u otro tipo de ilustración de una persona (hombre o mujer) en actitud sugerente o simplemente sonriendo, saludando o mirando a la cámara fotográfica, que suele figurar en las portadas de revistas, cómic-books o calendarios, etc. 


El término pin-up, que en inglés quiere decir literalmente colgar con un alfiler o tachuela, se originó en los años 40, aunque la práctica data de al menos 1890.  El término inglés cheesecake (en español “pastel de queso”) es un sinónimo de pin-up. El uso más antiguo del término cheesecake data del año 1934, pero su popularización se dio unos 20 años después, con la frase (refiriéndose a una mujer guapa) better than a cheesecake (mejor que un pastel de queso).

Aunque el estilo pin-up girl lo asociamos con un estilo de la década de los 40 y 50, la realidad es que el término se refiere a las “chicas de calendario” cuyas imágenes son producidas en masa y que podemos ver “pegadas” a una pared, ya sea de estacionamientos, centros de reparación de autos, ferreterías, hasta las habitaciones de chicos adolescentes. Por esto, se puede decir que el término de pin-up girl no se refiere única y exclusivamente a las imágenes de mujeres voluptuosas que se veían en estás décadas, sino a cualquier modelo que cuya imagen provocativa haya alcanzado a las masas por medio de pósters, calendarios, postales o portadas de revista.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial las pin-ups no sólo eran modelos de carne y hueso fotografiadas derrochando sensualidad, sino también dibujos sugerentes de mujeres imaginarias vestidas en uniformes militares que se vendían en forma de revistas que se les enviaban a las tropas americanas.

Aunque la pin-up derrochaba sensualidad, no era vista como prostituta, sino como amuletos patrióticos de la buena suerte. Algunas de las más famosas fueron las conocidas como “Varga Girls”, creadas por uno de los más famosos pintores de modelos pin-up, el peruano Joaquín Alberto Vargas y Chavez. Sus pinturas fueron adaptadas para adornar el fuselaje de muchos aviones de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Fuentes: http://modavintage.about.com/od/siglo/ss/Las-Pin-Up-Girls.htm / https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin-up 

Aquí en Green RoomS somos fans de este estilo de arte. Abajo ay unos ejemplos de nuestro trabajo. Siendo desde lo clásico a una moda mas moderna pero utilizando la estética del Pin-Up. Es divertido pero algo laborioso. Ya que implica escoger la ropa adecuada y conseguir los props y crear un maquillaje y peinado acorde al tema. Y preparar la iluminación para producir foto a la estética de ese tiempo. El estilo Pin-Up permite a la mujer salir divertida y coqueta. Sugerir un poco su sexualidad sin caer en lo vulgar o pornográfico.

Para conocer mas de este estilo y como lucir el look en esta era moderna :

www.pinuppassion.com

MUA: Daniela Rodríguez / Manita de Gato

Models: Jossy, Ana, Mádelin, Claudia

Model : Cristina 

Designer : GACOS (Erin Cota)

MUA : Manita de Gato (Cynthia Mayela)

A day spent with my sister. Went shooting in Old Town, San Diego. We shot this on a whim really. Having the opportunity to be present during some lovely light. Shot for Frank Vinyl in collaboration with Aerie.

More details at : Frank Vinyl

Decided to try something with an 80’s vibe. My friend and model Mádelin was kind enough to come over and jump around and pose for me. 

Rondeando por la carretera de la Baja. Jugueteando con la naturaleza y su alrededor.

Vestido : Bossa Nova

MUA : Manita de Gato

She patiently waited for his arrival. She wondered whether he would truly come. Would he keep his promise? She actually didn’t mind, for she felt beautiful. All she cared about was that moment in which she felt loved.

That’s all that really mattered …

So I get a call from my lovely sister Francesca Felix (FrankVinyl for all you bloggers out there) saying she wants to go to Coachella. Quickly thought of my expenses, the bands that I was willing to sacrifice my money for and eat rice for weeks, and the fact that I hadn’t been to Coachella in a couple years. She tells me she had gotten invited to various parties and needed me as her shooter to document her festival travels. But then reality hit and I knew that I wasn’t gonna have enough money to go and still survive life. So sadly I said I can’t make it and well not making the story too long there was a slight push and pull of banter for me to go and why. Hahah. So finally I hang up and go about my day. A week later she calls me up and says, “Hey so can you make it, if we only go to the events and not go to the festival?” And I thought to myself that a little Sister Bro time would be nice since we don’t seem to get much of it in.

I asked her what the plan was and it was basically your standard Coachella plan. Make it there, go into survival mode, and see what happens. At least it was for me. I did kinda feel down for not seeing the bands but I was gonna experience the other side of the festival. All that goes on in the sidelines. The festival events, parties, the extravagant fashion surrounding it all, and all the bloggers left and right striving to get that one festival shot to go viral. 

I Basically raced down from my house across the border to San Diego and off we went to the Coachella Valley but not before grabbing some In and Out. Yuuummm. Anyways our first stop was a party in Palm Springs for a clothing brand named Amuse Society. There I go a little fearful (feeling small in this world of blogging extravaganza) hahah with a blue Pineapple shirt that my sister said would help me blend into the party better. The whole idea apparently is to show up, mingle, take some pictures and do some networking. From there we went off to do some shoots for various brands of clothes my sister had to represent. It was crazy because there were bloggers everywhere doing street style shots. On cars, in the desert, in the distance on a hill hahahaha, in the middle of the street. You name it. 

While we were shooting I had the opportunity to shoot the lovely ladies of Secrets Des Soeurs . You should check out these lovely ladies’ blog. They effortlessly modeled for a couple shots amidst the desert wind and sun making it look like just anyone could have fun. From there me and my sister went to a place that’s famous for having a volkswagen that looks like a giant spider. Surely it would be a site to see. Not so much but still intriguing to my photographic eye. After that it was off to Desert Springs to camp out and get ready for more blogger madness in the morning. I know I could be a bit more descriptive of some things but it’s early and I’m just gonna let you feel the vibe through my pictures. Plus I feel it would ruin the allure of this lovely desert town. 

So anyway enough talk I know you want to see the pictures.  Enjoy. And stay tuned for more …

Test Shoot with Grecia of MakeupbyGrecia