Double Vision

Spring 2026

How a pinup became a photographer… and taught Playboy how to look.

AT THE OUTSET OF THE 1950S, images of Bunny Yeager ran in newspapers from Miami to New York, making her the curvaceous, unmistakably at-ease pinup of the moment. Her career was already soaring when she made the decision that would redirect it entirely: She picked up a camera.

The move was practical as much as it was aesthetic. Watching male...