The Early Photographs of Bettie Page: An American Icon

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.