Photographer Adolphe Sylvain's black and white images are both a tribute to Tahitian women's spell binding sensuality and a testimony of their actual beauty and allure. http://puretahiti.net/post/32130902067/tahitian-beauties-by-adolphe-sylvain
Adolphe Sylvain stopped in Tahiti in 1946. Until 1991, he photographed Polynesia. We still photographs of rare beauty, including vahines he contributed to mystify the world. Flipping through this book the other day, I was surprised at how many skins vahines were shiny. Sylvain surely loved skins copper vahines Monoi de Tahiti. Watch water drops beading on the lagoon hides these young flower girls ...
http://blog.monoi-tahiti.info/post/2008/07/17/Monoi-de-Tahiti-%3A-le-mythe-de-la-Vahine-peau-cuivree
Adolphe Sylvain stopped in Tahiti in 1946. Until 1991, he photographed Polynesia. We still photographs of rare beauty, including vahines he contributed to mystify the world. Flipping through this book the other day, I was surprised at how many skins vahines were shiny. Sylvain surely loved skins copper vahines Monoi de Tahiti. Watch water drops beading on the lagoon hides these young flower girls ...
http://blog.monoi-tahiti.info/post/2008/07/17/Monoi-de-Tahiti-%3A-le-mythe-de-la-Vahine-peau-cuivree