Post #695151 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Oct 1, 2013 10:56 PM

On 2013-09-25 12:25, martian-tiki wrote:

On 2013-09-24 22:09, tigertail wrote:
I believe this photo set was associated with the Brando/Trevor Howard version of Mutiny on the Bounty (not officially, of course!), in any case they are beautiful

I can't speak for the Mutiny connection - but the photographer was Adolphe Sylvain - known for Tahitian photos like these.

Here is a nice little bio about Adolphe Sylvain, who among many other things shot the final break-up of the Kon Tiki raft:

http://www.tahitisouvenirs.com/ASylvainEN.html

His son followed in his footsteps and has been producing "Girls of the South Seas" calendars and postcards:

Here's Teva's bio:

http://www.tahitisouvenirs.com/TSylvainEN.html

I want that job...I want that LIFE ! :)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-10-02 09:26 ]