{"product_id":"plc-s3-12-sexy-swimsuits","title":"Sexy Swimsuits","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"fpa-product-description\"\u003e\n  \u003ch1\u003eSexy Swimsuits\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"byline\"\u003ePhotographed by Gen Nishino, featuring Alley Baggett, Jody Hoskins, Sung Lee, and Petra Verkaik. Published 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003ePublished in Playboy in 1996, Sexy Swimsuits is a vivid four-model group portrait by Gen Nishino, photographed against a graffitied, crumbling wall in the Bahamas. Conceived as Playboy's answer to the mid-1990s popularity of the \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e Swimsuit Issue, the image trades polished resort fantasy for something looser, brighter, and more rebellious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eThe photograph gathers a notable lineup, including Petra Verkaik, one of the most prolific and popular models in Playboy history, and Alley Baggett, a longtime Special Editions favorite who helped find the location and shape the arrangement of the group. Nishino worked with the natural energy between the models, letting their interaction, humor, and movement become part of the image rather than forcing a rigid pose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eNishino described his approach to working with a group:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cblockquote class=\"pullquote\"\u003eI think there is more of a challenge working with one model.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eIn Sexy Swimsuits, four women occupy a weathered wall layered with graffiti, peeling paint, and tropical greenery. One poses low in the foreground in red heels and a patterned bikini bottom, while the others perch, lean, and frame themselves through the broken architecture behind her. Sun-warmed skin, rough stone, green foliage, and faded wall markings give the photograph its charge: a swimsuit fantasy made rougher, freer, and more alive by the place itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003ePhotographed by Gen Nishino and preserved within the Playboy Legacy Collection, the work is part of the forty-eight-print archival edition released for Playboy's 50th anniversary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003ch3\u003eCollection Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n  \u003cp\u003eThe Playboy Legacy Collection was released in 2007 for the magazine's 50th anniversary as a forty-eight-print archival edition curated under the direction of Hugh Hefner. Each print is embossed with the archive seal bearing the Playboy Bunny mark and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n  \u003cp class=\"meta\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/playboy-legacy-collection\"\u003eRead the full history of the Playboy Legacy Collection\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Playboy Legacy Collection","offers":[{"title":"16 × 20 in - $450","offer_id":47674886521057,"sku":"PL-LC-S3-12-16","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20 × 24 in - $625","offer_id":47674886553825,"sku":"PL-LC-S3-12-24","price":625.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30 × 40 in - $850","offer_id":48400166813921,"sku":null,"price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 × 50 in - $1150","offer_id":48400166846689,"sku":null,"price":1150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/2765\/9233\/files\/PLC_S3_12_Sexy_Swimsuits_finephoto_art.jpg?v=1779523989","url":"https:\/\/www.finephoto.art\/products\/plc-s3-12-sexy-swimsuits","provider":"FinePhoto.Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}