About the The Pin-up Files
This site was founded in March 2001 as a collection of galleries dedicated to a small number of popular vintage pin-up artists.
In due course, galleries for contemporary artists were constructed - some were already building or had built significant reputations in pin-up circles and others were only starting out. As part of our growth and development we are now moving forward from art only content and are additionally creating galleries for pin-up photographers who frequently generate a whole new take on the genre.
These are exciting times for pin-up. Over the past decade or so, we have witnessed its relentless growth, a veritable renaissance as a significant force in popular culture. We have not seen such focus since the steamy days of Vargas and Elvgren and as always, The Pin-up Files is helping to spread the word!
On this page
- Are you a pin-up artist or photographer?
- The Pin-up Files on Facebook
- Follow The Pin-up Files on Twitter
- The Pin-up Files Blog
- The Pin-up Files Yahoo! Group
- The Pin-up Files on Tumblr
- Copyright Issues
- Link to The Pin-up Files
- Buying Original Art
Are you a pin-up artist or photographer?
Be part of The Pin-up Files and share in our very high search engine rankings. Experienced or just starting out? If you have talent ...we will help drive traffic to you site!
The Pin-up Files on Facebook
Follow Pin-up Files on Twitter
The Pin-up Files Blog
You could find anything here! For site news, updates, special guides and those miscellaneous, tantalising glamour items such as vintage lingerie catalogue scans that just would not fit in elsewhere.
thepinupfilesblog.blogspot.com
The Pin-up Files Yahoo! Group
Membership is free and all lovers of pin-up and glamour are very welcome - our members (over 7,000) also include artists, photographers, models, authors/experts, site owners, collectors and dealers.
Exchange ideas, seek information and advertise. Create your own galleries and upload your images. If you want help with identifying a work or some idea about value or copyright ownership or how to become a pin-up girl - one of our members may be able to help. There are thousands of posts and responses from members since it was created in July 2001 and though Yahoo! Groups are considered "old", a lot of people associated with this site are not Facebook enthusiasts but are members of the group.
groups.yahoo.com/group/thepinupfiles/
The Pin-up Files on Tumblr
Follow our freeform adventures on Tumblr. Lots of images of things we like - we hope you do too!
Copyright Issues
All Pin-up Files gallery images are subject to copyright and must not be considered to be in the public domain. All copyright information is shown where known. We do try to offer help when possible.
See also Brown & Bigelow Licensing from The Pin-up Files Blog
See also Copyright :: general guidelines from The Pin-up Files Blog
Link to The Pin-up Files
A selection of our banners can be found at The Pin-up Files banners. Contact us if you wish to exchange banners or text links. All links should point to:
http://www.thepinupfiles.com/
Buying Original Pin-up Art
If you are interested in purchasing original art from the vintage period, looking for auction houses, online auctions and galleries, a great place to start your research is Artnet - The Artworld Online. You may be able to get some help with valuations.
We recently came across Grapefruit Moon Gallery who say: "Since 2003, we have been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran and Rolf Armstrong. All artworks featured are original, accurately represented and described, and guaranteed to be the work of the named artist". Well worth investigation.
For contemporary work, artists usually sell their work through their own websites or use 3rd parties.
