Naked Ambition

Sep 12, 2025

1h 13m

★ 4.0

Bunny Yeager was the world's prettiest photographer and one of its most influential.

Overview

Bunny Yeager, once heralded as the world's prettiest photographer, had a huge influence in 20th-century pop culture though few people know her name. Whether by popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy or inventing the selfie, Bunny was a trailblazer whose work bucked against conservative 1950s America and helped pave the way for the feminist movement and the sexual revolution. Yet the very changes she helped usher in would soon render her a forgotten relic...till now.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Scholl Creative

Naked Ambition Trailers

Cast

Self (archival footage)

Bunny Yeager

Self

Carlos Betancourt

Self

Sarahjane Blum

Self

Ed Christin

Self

Cherilu Duval

Self

Dian Hanson

Self

Lisa Irwin

Self

Larry King

Self

Nani Maka

Self

Richard Rosenzweig

Self

Holly Ruscin

Self

Eric Shiner

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